My Votes My Friends

After watching three debates my biggest response to them is a simple yuck.  McCain merely supplies old solutions that no one wants to hear about.  Obama has merely proven much more skilled then Palin in bridging (the PR not networking type) by turning questions on the need to cut back to solve the financial crisis into spending manifestos to give just one example.  Personal highlight for me was when Obama used the term "Force of Good" vs. McCain’s "Force for Good" (I will have to explain the back story one day).

I am in the midst of deciding  who I am going to vote for this year.  Seems to be turning into another battle of the less of two evils.  I consider myself a moderate independent.  For a little perspective here are the USA presidential election results since I have been old enough to go to the polls.

1980 Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
John B. Anderson
Republican
Democratic
Independent
489
49
0
43,899,248
36,481,435
5,719,437
George Bush—R
Walter F. Mondale—D
Patrick J. Lucey—I
1984 Ronald Reagan
Walter F. Mondale
Republican
Democratic
525
13
54,455,075
37,577,185
George Bush—R
Geraldine A. Ferraro—D
1988 George H. Bush
Michael S. Dukakis
Republican
Democratic
426
11126
48,886,097
41,809,074
J. Danforth Quayle—R
Lloyd Bentsen—D
1992 William J. Clinton
George H. Bush
H. Ross Perot
Democratic
Republican
Independent
370
168
0
44,909,889
39,104,545
19,742,267
Albert A. Gore, J.—D
J. Danforth Quayle—R
James B. Stockdale—I
1996 William J. Clinton
Robert J. Dole
H. Ross Perot
Democratic
Republican
Reform Party27
379
159
0
47,402,357
39,198,755
8,085,402
Albert A. Gore, Jr.—D
Jack F. Kemp—R
Pat Choate—RP27
2000 George W. Bush
Albert A. Gore
Ralph Nader
Republican
Democratic
Green Party
271
26628
0
50,456,002
50,999,897
2,882,955
Richard B. Cheney—R
Joseph I. Lieberman—D
Winona LaDuke—GP
2004 George W. Bush
John F. Kerry
Republican
Democratic
286
25129
62,028,285
59,028,109
Richard B. Cheney—R
John Edwards—D

For a little more perspective it may be interesting to see my voting history.  So here it goes in a semi sentence.  Anderson, Reagan, H. Bush, H. Bush, Dole, W. Bush, Kerry.   So five Republicans sandwiched by an Independent and Democrat make up my presidential vote choices over the past 28 years. 

In seven days my mind will be made up on who I will vote for in 2008.  I would like to think my history shows that it is not the party but the issues that influence me when I go to the polls. 

I currently have a lean.  One more debate. Then I choose.

In the meantime it would be interesting to see the voting history of FoG readers if any of you care to share.

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