Who would you vote for? (read before voting)

[President Johnson]

If you had the choice between these two Republican and Democratic candidates, who would you vote for?

I think I'd vote for the Republican in this case.

The Democrat:
- Supports a $15 minimum wage
- Supports Right-to-work laws
- Pro Medicaid and Medicare expansion, against single-payer
- Wants to raise taxes for middle-class and the wealthy
- Balanced budgets have no priority
- Pro Wall Street regulation
- Pro-life
- Supports a moderate expansion of green energy; still wants to expand fracking and use coal for a few years
- Leans to oppose free trade
- Only for few gun restrictions, against background checks
- Pro death penalty


The Republican:
- Supports a $12 minimum wage and link increases to inflation
- Supports higher minimum wages regionally
- Supports Right-to-work laws only regionally
- Wants to leave medicare/Medicaid as they are at the moment, but eliminate fraud first
- Supports a 25% flat tax, with a $25,000/year per individual (and additionally $5,000/year per child for families) tax allowance to benefit lower incomes. Open for a single-time millionaire's tax to reduce debt an an infrastructure bill
- Fiscally moderate (deficit spending only during recession)
- Pro Wall Street regulation
- Pro-choice
- Wants to prioritize green energy, only limited fracking in not populated areas
- Supports free trade in general
- Supports moderate gun control and is for background checks. Supports the second amendment in general
- Opposes death penalty

[mvd10]

Easily the Republican. The Republican is A LOT better than both the Freedom Caucus and the alt-right which currently are terrorizing the party. He should support national right-to-work though. And what does the Republican want to do with other taxes (capital gains tax, corporate tax, possibly implementing a carbon tax)?

[parochial boy]

The Democrat, but his support for Right-to-work is a huge stumbling block, almost swings it.

[Intell]

The Democrat, but his support for Right-to-work is a huge stumbling block, almost swings it.

[SATW]

Both are awful, but I'll take the Republican.

[LLR]

The Democrat is great otherwise but idk if I could stomach voting for anyone right-to-work so I might abstain

[Torie]

The Pub, but I don't like the Pub's tax ideas (not progressive enough), and the stand pat position on entitlements (they need to become more means tested in general, and more universal). 

[Classic Conservative]

They both suck but I would begrudgingly vote for the Democrat.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

What is with the liberal Republican ferishization? Just give up and own up to being Democrats!

[Mr. Smith]

Neither.

[TheSaint250]

Easily easily EASILY the Republican (a few concerns of economics but besides that pretty awesome)

[MAINEiac4434]

The Republican is literally an IRL Democrat. Them.

[SNJ1985]

The Democrat (I/O)

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

Somewhat grudging republican.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

No

[RINO Tom]

What is with the liberal Republican ferishization? Just give up and own up to being Democrats!

You're smarter than this post, man.

[Santander]

The Democrat. Life, coal, and 2A are too important.

[RFayette]

The Democrat - in this case, the Republican is only marginally better on economic issues and much worse when it comes to what I see as critical items, like life and the 2nd amendment.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

What is with the liberal Republican ferishization? Just give up and own up to being Democrats!

You're smarter than this post, man.

I'm referring to Johnson's "muh mid-20th century Republicans" obsessionism when he's obviously to the left of center on every issue. Kingpoleon exercises the same fetishization if you check out the "What-If?" boards.

[Alabama_Indy10]

I would kill for the Democratic Party to be like this.

[Sir Mohamed]

Interesting profiles. Though I'm not happy with some of his/her stances, I'd vote for the GOPer that time. He's for green energy, pro-choice and opposed to capital punishment. I don't like a flat tax, but I also don't think tax hikes for middle-class people are a good thing. So, with some reservations, would vote GOP. The Democrat is basically a left-wing populist with a touch of social conservatism or even nationalism. However, there is almost no modern Republican similar to the above example. Sadly the party has largely been taken over by a bunch of Tea Party dudes, the religious right and climate deniers.

[vanguard96]

Neither is good.

But for me the increase in taxes on the middle class and wealthy was the killer for the Democrat and I chose the Republican even though the candidate's lockstep with Hillary on the min wage and not far off Bernie early in the campaign on guns.

[Foucaulf]

As a neoliberal shill who is Anti-Wall Street regulation, I think I'll just sit this one out.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Both are awful, but I'll take the Republican.

[The Self]

The Republican (I/O)