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I actually struggle with this a lot! I don't like either party, or like bits and pieces from each. I can't ever decide on a candidate because each seems polar from my views.
I try to vote more based on what I feel is right and wrong, and what I believe is the best candidate for the country as a whole.

Mostly what feels right/wrong. I think everyone would love tax cuts, but if those tax cuts (which would be better for my family) would result in cutting funding to important (IMO) programs like welfare, Medicaid, social security, etc I'd be much less likely to vote for them.

@hummusgirl: completely agree with you! It's not in everyone's best interests but sadly so many don't see it that way.

I vote according to what I belief is the best for our country as a whole, not just what benefits my family.

@Mae: are "one issue" voters supposed to vote in column three? Like, I have lots and lots of family members who are really one issue voters. Like a brother who allllll of his political beliefs would be very similar to Bernie Sanders, except for the fact that my brother is anti-choice (pro life, he'd call it), and Bernie Sanders is pro-choice. So my brother would never vote for a Bernie Sanders type candidate and instead will probably vote for a religious Republican that is anti-choice but doesn't represent any of his other views.

The US has TONS of one issue voters, mostly centered around abortion or gun control, and it doesn't matter to them what else the candidate wants to do, so long as they have similar views in that one area.

Hard to pick between "long term for my family" and "moral code": for me both choices include things like my family (and others!) paying higher taxes in exchange for a better educated public, better roads for everyone to drive on, better access for everyone to health care, easier access for everyone to higher education, more funding for scientific and medical research which benefits everyone, more funding of programs that encourage food and economic security in younger generations (SNAP, head start, etc) - because all of those things benefit my family long term too.

I'd say a hybrid of 2 and 3, since I think my moral code both influences and is influenced by what I think is best for my (immediate as well as extended) family. But it's not a moral code in the sense of something dictated to me by religion or whatever; it's just my own logic and sense of right and wrong. Basically, it ends up being what @hummusgirl said, since I think it's all intertwined. But I'm of the opinion that short-term "solutions" are the root of long-term problems, so I definitely wouldn't pick option 1.

What a great question!

I vote according to my moral code. I really believe that we should look after each other, particularly the weaker members of our society. Top quality free healthcare, welfare provision, support services, affordable rented housing for anyone who needs it, a safe place for people fleeing war or persecution.

I loathe our current government despite the fact that I am actually better off under them because of tax cuts.

Moral code.

I don't agree 100% with either party but will vote for moral beliefs first and foremost. The hot thing for me right now are the politicians that want to take away women's rights and make medical decisions for them. Not ok with me and I would vote against that person even if I agreed with them on everything else.

Moral code. .... And I'm also craving hummus.