Are you one of the 16% of Americans that actually votes FOR a candidate?

i vote for a candidate

not just a party

Actually, in previous elections I have mostly voted against a candidate, the lesser of two evils.

I did make a mistake in 2000 and voted Nader as I wasn't crazy about Gore and didn't think gw sounded too awful (he was running on being humble, working with other countries, being a uniter and not a divider).

Shortly after 9/11, when he began beating the war drums for invading Iraq I realized that sometimes it is better voting for the lesser of two evils.

This election is the first time that I am really happy about my candidate. I agree with over 90% of Obama's proposed policies, I love that he actually thinks about things in an intelligent way before making rash decisions. I believe that he will be an excellent president and I think that our country really needs his kind of leadership if we are to remain one of the leading countries in this world.

Absolutely. Look at the people who answered this question. Half of them are talking about Obama! They don't care about Palin. The republican running could be a good candidate or an abyssmal one, and these same people would vote for them regardless. The moral of the story: many, many people vote not for who they think is a good candidate, but AGAINST who they hate. And as you can see from the people on this board... a certain part of the population hates Obama so much that Satan himself could be running against Obama and they'd vote for him. So yes, I agree. It's VERY possible with our voting public. Sadly enough.

All of the above. In 2000, I voted for Bush because I hated Gore. In 2004, I hated Bush and Kerry, so I voted for Michael Badnarik, the Libertarian candidate. This year, I'm back to voting Republican, but I am a registered Libertarian in my state. I actually like McCain and Palin. I'm a little motivated by my opposition to Obama, but it's definitely a vote FOR McCain. I vote for GOP candidates, LP candidates, independent candidates, but never Democrat or Green.

last election, I voted against Bush. I didn't like Kerry, but truly, passionately hated Bush... always have. I didn't vote for an independent party because there's no way an independent party would have won... it's simple statistics.

this election, I love Obama... so I'm voting for him.

OBAMA 2008!!

yes i am

bill clinton had the highest voter turn out in decades with a whopping 24% of eligible voters voting and he got just more than half of that 12-13%

Are you one of the (excuse me while I create mass from vaccum) 34 1/3% people that quote percentages that have no meaning?

most use the age old tradition of ticket splitting

I will be proud to vote FOR McCain and Palin

no, I just complain.