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The Economy
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The Deficit/Debt
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Health Care in general
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Abortion
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LGBT
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Death Penalty
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Foreign Policy
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Climate Change/Environment/Energy
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Supreme Court
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Education
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Taxes
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War on Drugs
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« on: November 22, 2016, 07:36:48 PM »

The deficit/debt, hands down. It's despicable that only the libertarians realize the YUGE dilemma we are handing to our children and grandchildren. Sure, Trump probably talked about it, but he proposes big tax cuts and spending increases with no real way to pay for them. Clinton talked about increasing this tax and that tax, but her plan was still predicted by independent analysts to increase the deficit significantly. (albeit by a lesser amount than Trump's plan). When I started thinking about whether I could vote for Johnson, his commitment to balancing the budget was a large attracting force.
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« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2016, 07:43:37 PM »

The Supreme Court locks in my vote for the D presidential nominee.
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« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2016, 07:47:38 PM »

Israel.
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« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2016, 08:14:55 PM »

The deficit/debt, hands down. It's despicable that only the libertarians realize the YUGE dilemma we are handing to our children and grandchildren. Sure, Trump probably talked about it, but he proposes big tax cuts and spending increases with no real way to pay for them. Clinton talked about increasing this tax and that tax, but her plan was still predicted by independent analysts to increase the deficit significantly. (albeit by a lesser amount than Trump's plan). When I started thinking about whether I could vote for Johnson, his commitment to balancing the budget was a large attracting force.

It is a real issue, but smaller than having a planet to live on. Being drowned in debt sucks for sure, it's not as bad as being literally drowned. This is why I eventually Heeled for Her.

The dilemma is I live in the rust belt and I want jobs to come back here. If climate change didn't exist I'd be far more vulnerable to Trump's populist rhetoric on trade and opposition to classist latte liberals. I'm tired of everything innovative coming out of California and only trickling down to us peons years after the fact.
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« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2016, 11:39:18 PM »

Climate, but all play a role.
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« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2016, 12:21:11 AM »

Climate Foreign policy, but all play a role.

(I should clarify now that by foreign policy, I'm mostly talking about military intervention and trade)
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« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2016, 12:23:54 AM »

Defict/Debt
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« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2016, 12:56:23 AM »

Foreign Policy/International Relations
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« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2016, 01:03:09 AM »

Climate Change/Environment/Energy.

Health care is a close second.
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« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2016, 02:06:43 AM »

All of the positions on the issues I agree with are usually grouped together, so I've never really had to choose one or the other.

I vote from my worldview, I'm not a single-issue voter.

If we ever had a general election where 2 candidates were a different mix of traditionally half-Republican, half-Democratic candidates, (ex: candidate A wants to abolish social security and repeal gay marriage and end financial aid for college, but create single-payer healthcare and have criminal justice reform and end an unpopular war, and candidate B wants the opposite, and the other issues are similarly randomly divided between them), and listening to their debates carefully, would be the only way for me to figure it out.
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« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2016, 02:23:17 AM »

Easily the environment.

Especially with the drought going on, and just like the Calvin and Hobbes comic, a bunch of incomprehensible creatures suck away the water for the sake of their jobs.


Massive tax raises for social services are a distant second.
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« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2016, 02:29:40 AM »

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I should clarify that I am not a single issue voter either. If someone disagrees with me on the deficit being a problem, but agrees with me on everything else, I would still vote for them. It's just that the deficit/debt is the issue that is hardest for me to "concede".

A huge part of my voting philosophy is that I am generally willing to "forget" one or two or in some cases three components of a candidate's platform as long as I agree to the rest. Obviously, some issues are harder to leave aside than others, but there is only a very small spectrum of issues (support for the civil rights act, support for the first amendment, rejection of atheism, and a few others) that I could never hypothetically be convinced to "concede" based on widespread agreement elsewhere. I demonstrated this behavior in my presidential vote this year.

I disagreed with Gary Johnson on Abortion and Education. Why did I cast a vote for him (with a clear conscience, and without even thinking about holding my nose) then? Because I go to his position on drug legalization and he understands that the war on drugs isn't working. Because I go to his position on Foreign Policy and he understands that America is simply spending too much on our military. Because I go to his position on the tax code and see that he realizes it's a mess. Because I go to his position on entitlements and he is the only candidate that realizes we must make significant changes to the structure of Social Security and Medicare (As much as I support eliminating the payroll tax cap, I also realize it will pass congress on the 12th of never.). Because I go to his position on the deficit, and we agree that a balanced budget is essential.
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« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2016, 02:53:26 AM »

Climate Foreign policy, but all play a role.

(I should clarify now that by foreign policy, I'm mostly talking about military intervention and trade)

I would pretty much agree with this, but for the the exact opposite reasons as you. Tongue
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« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2016, 02:57:13 AM »

My top 7 priorities that sway me (for President and Senate at least)Sad
1 LGBTQ
2 Labor/Unions
3 Supreme Court composition
4 Abortion/Reproductive Rights
5 Criminal Justice Reform
6 Education
7 Economy
Others: Entitlements/Social Welfare Programs, Health Care, Religious Liberties
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« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2016, 03:39:51 AM »

Should healthcare be combined with the social safety net option?

That would probably be the hardest for me to concede. The social safety net in general.
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« Reply #15 on: November 23, 2016, 06:22:53 AM »

Abortion.

Kind of surprised how high foreign policy is polling. It's my least favourite topic Tongue
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« Reply #16 on: November 23, 2016, 06:30:59 AM »
« Edited: November 23, 2016, 06:32:59 AM by 🆒 »

tbh i'll vote for anybody who supports a minimum income, almost regardless of their other positions
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« Reply #17 on: November 23, 2016, 06:32:23 AM »

My issue at the moment is the EU (and by an extension Jeremy Corbyn) so if my MP Jim Dowd, who's a devout Blairite and pro-European was replaced by a corbynite who wants us to support Brexit then I'd probably vote Liberal Democrat
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« Reply #18 on: November 23, 2016, 08:38:52 AM »
« Edited: November 23, 2016, 08:46:58 AM by Intell »

My issue at the moment is the EU (and by an extension Jeremy Corbyn) so if my MP Jim Dowd, who's a devout Blairite and pro-European was replaced by a corbynite who wants us to support Brexit then I'd probably vote Liberal Democrat


Yuhh, you're home should always have been in the libdems.

Besides, the fycking EU referendum result has been decided, the result is known, a seccond refferendum is fine, but it would just  dis-legitimise the left, and and cause them to viewed as a party of the elite, and not acknowledging a democratic result.

People made a decision to leave the EU, many labour voters voted to leave, Labour needs to accept such a decision, and work towards building a social britian, a Britain that takes pride in solidarity, and has a strong moral, collective and socialist sense to it. A country, with a strong welfare state. This by extension, should be promoted to the rest of Europe, whether in the EU or outside of it.

Social Justice, and Social Solidarity are of more importance than the EU, and the left should just focus on that, whether in or outside of the EU.

But that's me.
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« Reply #19 on: November 23, 2016, 08:40:05 AM »

Social Solidarity/Social Welfare/ Desire for a society that works for all/Politics for the disenfranchised and the working class.
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« Reply #20 on: November 23, 2016, 09:09:28 AM »

Broadly, the economy.  But that entails our trade policy (which I don't believe for one second Hillary would have been more "conservative" on), taxes, spending and regulation.
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« Reply #21 on: November 23, 2016, 02:36:50 PM »

1. Foreign Policy (Hawkish foreign policy, being Pro-Israel, fighting ISIS, trying to stabilize the Middle East, help stablize Syria and help the civilian population there, being strong on defense measures etc...)
2. National Security (supporting TSA and NSA measures, oppose most efforts to bring refugees to US/Europe, stronger border security measures but also not being a far-right idiot on immigration reform; will also throw in support for our police in here as well)
3. Abortion (Pro-Life)
4. Economic Issues (Anti-Progressive taxation, supports reform for medicare/medicaid/social security by raising the age requirement and also by partially privatizing social security, opposes drastic minimum wage increases)
5. Energy Issues (Support Coal and Fossil fuels, oppose devastating environmental regulations; but also support energy diversification and support measures that decrease dependence on foreign oil)
6. LGBT Issues (not hate LGBT people; be moderately supportive of LGBT rights; Support ENDA)
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« Reply #22 on: November 23, 2016, 03:00:56 PM »

1. Deficit/Debt
2. The Economy

I'm not a single issue voter, though.
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« Reply #23 on: November 23, 2016, 03:07:07 PM »

It's the Economy, stupid!

Read my lips: No new taxes!
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« Reply #24 on: November 23, 2016, 03:20:11 PM »

Probably a mixture of Civil Rights/Liberties issues, Education/Research/Science, and Health Care. It probably necessitates that I am pretty libertarian to left of social issues and open to big defense budgets, modestly higher taxes, and some hawkishness.

When I was beginning to follow politics a little more closely, I was open to becoming a Republican as but then the PATRIOT Act happen and that kind of flipped me.

Maybe this can explain some of Hillary Clinton's positions besides just being cynical and pessimistic.


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