Gazette polls
What issue played the biggest role in who you voted for in the presidential election?
| The economy | 38% | 196 votes |
| The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan | 12% | 65 votes |
| Taxes and domestic spending | 10% | 55 votes |
| Health care and insurance | 4% | 25 votes |
| The race or gender of the candidates | 3% | 16 votes |
| Immigration | 1% | 7 votes |
| Gay marriage | 2% | 15 votes |
| Abortion | 5% | 30 votes |
| The vice presidential candidates | 7% | 39 votes |
| Other (use comment box on results page to specify) | 11% | 57 votes |
| Total Votes: 505 | ||
Note: This is not a scientific poll.
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11:18 a.m. [ Suggest removal ]
That the choice would glorify God and that the leader in whom I voted for , that my and other born again Christians prayer for our next leader , would be a leader that would add God to our country and not throw him out, our country was founded on Godly principals.
11:23 a.m. [ Suggest removal ]
That's interesting Joesph, I would vote for the exact opposite. But hey, to each his own, right?
1:02 p.m. [ Suggest removal ]
One who isn't an Israeli buttkisser.
11:55 a.m. [ Suggest removal ]
Ron Paul all the way! Each party lies to you and blames everyone else except themselves. I wish people would stop re-electing the useless clowns and vote in new people. You don't need a "Career" politician... don't even need an "Experienced" one either.
With the Electorial college BS my vote doesn't matter. Electorial college is made up of boneheads from both party's so you'll never see an independant candidate win
11:56 a.m. [ Suggest removal ]
oh yeah, next week the 2012 campaigns start!
12:08 p.m. [ Suggest removal ]
'WRONG!
6:55 p.m. [ Suggest removal ]
Joseph, while I respect your reasons to vote for a candidate the way you see fit, your concept of how this country was founded is just plain wrong. God is not mentioned at all in our Constitution, and he's only vaguely alluded to as the "Creator" and "Providence" in the Declaration. This is because a number of them didn't believe in a personal god who took an interest in human affairs. Whether you like it or not, our founders held a plurality of beliefs and they set it up so that government would neither support nor diminish any one of those beliefs. The wall of separation is what gives you freedom, not takes it away.
12:56 p.m. [ Suggest removal ]
If church and state were one entity, which sect would you represent? Civil government represents all people and freedoms. God is a generic term in government. God is not God to all people. If we don't have a separate representation, our freedoms would be compromised.
Obama is a respectable, intelligent, and compassionate person. Far more qualified to be president than Bush!