What if you could only vote for a candidate by looking at a list of their beliefs and no names?
I've always wondered how people would vote if they were only presented with political candidates top ten beliefs on a ballot. Without knowing the party affiliations, the gender or name of the candidates. I think this would be an interesting test.
That would be an interesting experiment. I would like to compare the results with a pretest taken by the voter concerning their own political beliefs and see how they compare. Several studies have been done about how weather, order of names, location of voting, etc effect how we vote. But, I haven't heard of one like you just suggested.
A friend of mine was going to vote for a canidate and I pointed out that her beliefs were much more compatiable with his opponent. She argued with me about it but then looked up their voting records and positions and called me back. She told me I was right but she was going to vote for the canidate she wanted to anyway. No wonder our politics are so screwed up.
I think that sounds like an awesome idea. Unfortunately, even with all of the access to information that we have, voters do not research a candidate, they just vote based on party affiliation, or looks, or name recognition.
I'd love to see how this would work in action!
I think that the Ballots shouldn't list party affiliations, instead of having a two party system we should have to vote based on what the Candidate has done or will do.
by Onusonus 14 years ago
I recently came across this hub; http://hubpages.com/hub/Romney-Is-No-Optionwhich in one major piece of the article uses Mit Romneys religious preference as a disqualifying factor in his presidential bid. I personally do not like Mit Romneys policies, and I would not vote for him based on his...
by Raymond D Choiniere 15 years ago
Hello everyone,I was just in another forum and I've got to tell you this.I have noticed that many people are under the assumption? that their belief system cannot be changed.I find this to be interesting and wanted to explore other people's ideas about that.Do realize- to form a belief, you must...
by Anan Celeste 6 years ago
Many of us still trying to figure out this spirituality thing. How do you approach this process?
by Catherine Mostly 9 years ago
I am really curious about what other women think; because I've only recently started paying attention to politics since the media is ramping up Trump so much, lately. Before that, I'm sorry... I was not even SORT of paying attention to any other candidate from any party. Hillary is my girl, and she...
by Marcy Goodfleisch 8 years ago
Do you think people will vote for candidates who launch personal attacks against their opponents?Without commenting on specific candidates, how successful do you think that tactic is in election campaigns? Again - please don't name names.
by Deborah-Diane 12 years ago
Do presidential debates affect which person you vote for?I plan to watch the presidential debates, but I am virtually certain about which candidate has my vote. I wonder if other people feel the same way.
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