Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
People base their votes on whatever they want.
Touchè!!! I would hope people would vote on more than inspirational sounding speeches as they do not prove anything and really a solid voting record would say a lot more for what a candidate will do in office.

But different strokes for different folks I guess.


For some it might be a strictly clinical look at the candidate's qualifications. For others it might be inspiration. For some it is purely their own self interest that they look at. For some it is partisan loyalty. For some it is ideology. Some people make all decisions based on logic, and others base decisions on emotion. And then there are psychological factors as well --- some people probably do not even know thier own motivations.
Very true, I guess I just wish people would stop using 'hype' as their reason for voting for Obama. It's a little irritating to think that our next president might be elected just because he's a good speaker and not because of what he's done during his time in politics(everyone saying they're inspired over words and no action.).

Again different strokes for different folks. :hippy: