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I don't understand why people are so forceful in judging others about not voting for the issues. Isn't it a little wrong to say you're voting for the issues? For instance, if a law was proprosed that was going to make me lose 50k a year with it going to minorty groups, I don't think I would support it. I'm sure minority groups would, however. What I mean is, most people that say they vote for the issues do not vote based on what is in the best interest of the government. They vote based on what seems best for them.
Even this aside, use my previous example. Say I do vote based on what I believe is in the best interest of my nation and that law I mentioned above says that I must give up 50k a year, but it will help eliminate 25% of poverty in the nation. So, being the good citizen I am, I do decide to support it. However, what if a side effect of this law is that it will reduce the production of the economy by 40%? While I made what a decision based on what I thought was in the best interest of the nation, I've really harmed the economy and caused alot of people to lose jobs.
It's just my belief that voting on the issue normally means to vote on what will benefit you the best. Or at very most, voting on the issue means to vote on what you feel is the best thing for the nation even though most of us do not have experience or access to information that would allow us to properly conclude what is in the best interest of our country.
On a side note, I think it's fair to say that Bush had some weak policies. Kerry had some weak policies. We did the democratic process, it gave us a president, and I'm sure alot of intelligent people supported both candidates. However, I do not understand why people are so compassionate in putting down the president but lack that same compassion in giving what they can to help make the nation even stronger.
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