dazzleman
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« on: December 06, 2003, 08:21:12 PM » |
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The first election in which I voted was the 1980 presidential election. My votes in presidential elections have been as follows:
1980 - Reagan - Rep. (won)
1984 - Reagan - Rep. (won)
1988 - Bush - Rep. (won)
1992 - Bush - Rep. (lost)
1996 - Dole - Rep. (lost)
2000 - Bush - Rep. (won)
In 2002, my votes were as follows:
Governor - Rowland - Rep. (won)
Congress - Shays - Rep. (won)
State Senate - McKinney - Rep. (won)
State Rep. - Tymniak - Rep. (won)
In my local elections this year, I voted for the Democratic candidates for the top spot, and they won.
On the local level, I switch parties depending upon the candidate, and at that level, there is really little difference between the two parties. In my town, you have to talk the Republican talk to win (low taxes, low crime, etc.) and there is no constituency for standard Democratic issues, since the town is middle to high income and lily white.
But at the state and federal level, I vote nearly exclusively for Republicans. At the state level, the Democrats in the legislature are continuously pushing for higher spending and higher taxes, and even if I like an individual Democratic candidate, a vote for him/her is only giving more power to the leaders of the party. At the federal level, I would never vote to give more power to people like Hillary Clinton, Barbara Boxer and Maxine Waters.
Overall, I have probably voted for more winners than losers, but I never actually went back and checked.
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