Republicans and Democrats, would you vote for a presidential candidate of another party?

I am sure you'll get a lot of lies on this post- mainly from repubs stating they're voting Obama and dems stating they're voting McCain, etc etc.

I am a registered republican. I voted Huckabee in the primary, not a fan at all of McCain. I'm still not- though I do like Palin a lot. If the election was held in April I would've voted for Obama, no questions asked. I got caught up in his promises and his speeches and really thought he was a good guy trying to do good for our country.

Then I did some research and will be voting McCain solely because he is not Obama- and not because I want to. There is far too much history out there that Obama won't talk about and I'm not comfortable voting for someone who doesn't own up to their past and admit to mistakes.

Parties have ideologies and policies and what the government does depends on which party holds power. President does not run the county by himself but he brings over a 1000 political appointees into office with him, so you are choosing between parties when you vote. Only if you do not care strongly about or are split on issues, does the personal quality of the candidates become more important.

Yes, I'm a registered Dem, but I voted for Bush last election. Personally, I choose who I think will run the country the best. I think that Bush handled 9/11 much better than Gore ever would have. The picture of him at ground zero, speaking to the nation and saying, "I want you all to know that American today, American today is on bended knee, in prayer for the people whose lives were lost here, for the workers who work here, for the families who mourn. The nation stands with the good people of New York City and New Jersey and Connecticut as we mourn the loss of thousands of our citizens. I can here you! I can here you! The rest of the world hears you! And the people -- and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon!" That was a very powerful moment in our country's history.

yes i would.....for example if it was mitt romney vs clinton i would definetly vote romney even tho im very liberal and consider my self a borderline socialist, if mitt romney or rude guliani was running right now vs obama it would be a very difficult decision for me as to who i would vote for.......i believe i am an open minded person and even as a registered democrat i watched the republicans debat each other becuz i can realize that republicans have good ideas as well and have had many great leaders, mccain is just too old and his old style of politics are boring and i feel we need to change america........but i would have voted for romney or guliani becuz i think they'd both make great leaders

No, but the reason is if you truly identify with the policies of one party to vote for a person of the other party would be ridiculous. I don't like McCain but to vote for Obama would be to vote against everything I believe in.

For the record Independent generally equals uninformed.

Yes, I used to split tickets all the time. Often my goal was to ensure that the houses of congress and/or the executive were from opposite parties, because I believe that inefficient government leads to small government, and that small government is good.

This time it's different. We had six years of Republicans setting their policies, and we need to undo that--they've screwed things up. Once most of the damage is repaired, you may see me go back to trying to split the government up to make it inefficient and thus less likely to screw up. But right now we need liberals in control. The country doesn't have the cash the Democrats need to be dangerously liberal, and we do need to fix the dangerously conservative path we have been on.

I like Bob Barr from the Linertarin party. They're closest to my thinking on political issues. However, with a dem house & senate, I do not want a dem prez too.

i'm a republican but i'm not voting for mccain, and obama scares me, i dont trust him. i dont like the fact that mccain wants to tax health benifits though, thats not right.

i'm voting 3rd party, going for ron paul, i like quite a few of his views and i dont want either one of thost two on my voting record, so i've decided to go 3rd party.

i could never vote democrat though

I'm independent and I think that foolish to be committed to an party that's not committed to you. So I go with who ever that will benefit me and mine.

my dad is a registered republican but he's not voting that way this year.