Are You Voting Republican Due To the Passing of Healthcare Reform?
By elmiko
@elmiko (6630)
United States
April 14, 2010 2:54pm CST
There's no doubt the passing of Healthcare Reform angered many people in which some cases resulted in violence. A poll showed a majority disapproved of the bill and many think the government overstepped its boundaries. I wouldn't vote Republican due to the passing of Healthcare Reform. It would take something else for me to vote Republican.
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15 responses
@laglen (19759)
• United States
14 Apr 10
I really wont know how I am voting until I see all of the information. I cant say it will be Republican, Democrat, Independent or otherwise. I think it is too soon to gauge. I do plan to vote out all incumbents. I think our Congress needs to remember that it is a Government OF the people, BY the people and FOR the people.
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@irisheyes (4370)
• United States
14 Apr 10
One of the major reasons I voted for Obama was that he promised to try to institute healthcare reform. Attempts were made by many presidents including Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. They gave it a whirl but Barack Obama did it and for that alone, he has my vote in the next presidential election.
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
15 Apr 10
I am not American so cannot vote, but if I were, I would vote Republican because of Obama trying to turn America into a socialist state, his choice of cabinet members,his anti-Christian pollcies, his silence on his college years, and his background (what does he have to hide) and because if someone is elected in part because he uses the race card and those of his ethnic group vote for him in spite of the suspicion that he might not be a natural born Us citizen.
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@spalladino (17891)
• United States
14 Apr 10
I'm a Republican but I don't always vote along party lines. I vote for the better candidate based on issues that are important to me, my community, my state and/or my country.
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@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
14 Apr 10
I won't decide who to vote for til I see who all is running. I am not happy with either of the two major parties right now. So who knows who I will vote for.
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@bobmnu (8157)
• United States
15 Apr 10
I plan to vote and support the candidates that will cut the size of Government, reduce spending and lower taxes. I want someone who will follow the constitution and not do what feel right. I have voted for Republicans, Democrats and other candidates who believes in what I do.
@elmiko (6630)
• United States
16 Apr 10
i consider the rising national debt to be the biggest threat to the U.S. When Clinton was president he did a good job of doing those things but only when big holders of U.S. Treasuries cashed them in. In other words he was somewhat forced to confront the issue of lowering the deficit.
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
15 Apr 10
Absolutely, positively NOT!!! However, I would have either voted for a third party candidate, if there was one, or maybe skipped voting for the office of any of my lawmakers who voted against health care reform. Thankfully, I don't have to worry about that since my Congressman and both of my Senators voted for it.
Contrary to popular opinion here at myLot, I vote for the person, not the party, even though I am a registered Democrat. It just so happens that in recent elections I haven't found any Republicans I felt deserved my vote. At this moment I honestly can't think of anything that would make me switch and I'm afraid I'm pretty sure any Republican I may be tempted to vote for would be run out of the party!
Annie
@clrumfelt (5490)
• United States
15 Apr 10
I'm still looking for some "hope" and "change" (the right kind). Hopefully someone on the ballot will offer better alternatives than the ones that are presently in office.
@spiderlizard22 (3444)
• United States
15 Apr 10
I wouldn't vote for neither if both choices are bad. I would vote for who I think is the best candidate.
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
15 Apr 10
No, I don't vote according to the party. I vote according to the man. I have to say that in our last few elections we've had very little to choose from. I honestly have become disillusioned with all of them both republican and democratic. So no, the healthcare isn't going to cause me to switch partys. I haven't been really passionate about any president in a long while.
@unique16 (1531)
• United States
14 Apr 10
Hello elmiko
I am already one and still not sure if vote democratic this fall like I did when Obama was running president. I vote democratic for the first time that year. Not sure if I will ever do that again.
Thanks and have a great night
Sincerley Unique16
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@TheMetallion (1834)
• United States
15 Apr 10
There hasn't been a scenario in which I would vote Republican since the Lincoln administration. While polls show a majority disapproval of the health care bill, if you look closer at the data you'll see that a majority of the disapprovers want health care reform, and disapprove of the bill because it doesn't go nearly far enough in its reforms -- they want a public option or single payer system.
@coolcoder (2018)
• United States
14 Apr 10
I've been a Republican from the time I first registered to vote at 18. There is no way possible that you're going to find me with a "D" on my voter registration card, and for a lot more reasons than just the health care bill passing.
You talk about violence. Might I say that the Democrats have planted their own people inside these Tea Party rallies to spit on the Congressmen, thus making the good citizens who are peacefully protesting look bad? The true Tea Party attendees want nothing to do with any sort of violence.