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markiv

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1. depends on how important an issue is

Tue Apr 9, 2013, 12:13 PM

Apr 2013

I didnt understand single issue voters until they demolished my livelyhood by bringing back indentured servitude with H-1b visas

Doesnt mean I'm a single issue voter now, just means that i understand if an issue is your survival, it can rise above all others

your opening sentence defines the difference between you and single issue voters

'I have a number of issues that are very important to me'

for some people, their personal situation happens to be different, that one issue, in reality, towers above all others

one should vote for what's best for their country, but one is NEVER obligated to vote aginst their own survival, because if they were, then we would have a society where groups are thrown to the wolves, which isnt the best for the country

that's why everyone has a vote

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I Have Never Been a Single Issue Voter [View all] MineralMan Apr 2013 OP

depends on how important an issue is markiv Apr 2013 #1

I also support candidates who I agree with on most issues that are important to me. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2013 #2

How many of those have ended up taking office? MineralMan Apr 2013 #3

None. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2013 #4

Not all elections were won by the candidate I voted for. MineralMan Apr 2013 #5

I'll let you know if my single vote ever swings an election. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2013 #10

It's never a single vote. It's always the collective of votes MineralMan Apr 2013 #11

I'll do that, if the Democrats run a candidate from the leftk and or policies I can vote for. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2013 #14

OK. That's your decision. I've made a different one. MineralMan Apr 2013 #15

I've reached an age and aquired enough cynicism to put little faith in politics as a force for good. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2013 #16

And yet, we live in a country with a well-defined and understood MineralMan Apr 2013 #17

Really? Durn idealists! Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2013 #18

Defend cynicism all you like. MineralMan Apr 2013 #19

K&R BumRushDaShow Apr 2013 #6

Thanks. I appreciate your comment. MineralMan Apr 2013 #7

I have always been a single issue voter - fairness, that's all I want. 1-Old-Man Apr 2013 #8

Are the Republicans going to deliver that fairness? MineralMan Apr 2013 #9

Excellent post! Sadly, pragmatism is about as well-regarded as genital warts at DU. 11 Bravo Apr 2013 #12

Thanks. I'm a pragmatist because nothing else makes sense. MineralMan Apr 2013 #13