Research. I am a librarian, and I did tons of research. Gop has been pulling shit to bash dems because they are racist greedy thugs. They couldn't handle that Obama could have done amazing things so they hindered his every move. They couldn't handle a woman in the white house so they incited witch hunt after witch hunt, which never amounted to anything, so they brought russia in to win the election for them. After researching what bullshit the investigations into Hillary were, seeing how they screwed Obama's presidency at every turn and then seeing how they hacked the election, I will never vote anything other than blue, and it's all thanks to the crooks in the current administration!

I base my political beliefs and actions on several things:

1. The basis of my moral code -- minimum violation of human dignity and respect.
2. The logical and factual results of specific courses of action advocated by different political ideologies and parties.
3. Hard-headed respect for truth.
4. Pursuit of democracy.

I go with the party who's policies benefit people and make their lives better.

I am a ticket splitter. Party politics often puts principles ahead of prudence. I look for progressive action which helps us enjoy our freedom more without doing harm to our neighbor. Compromise and inclusiveness are important values for me.

Social justice is my driving force. I worked for many years with the mentally ill. You can be a homeless, acoholic, schizophrenic and still be entitled to be treated with dignity

My values, education, reading and research make me a lifelong Democrat and environmentalist.

At age 10 with my family, I watched President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address. When he said, "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country," those words hit me in the center of my chest.

Data & Compassion

Human rights are at the top of my list. I will vote for the party that will best help all people. Right now, that’s the Democrats. I don’t see that changing soon, but that’s the most important issue to me.

Being a decent human being

I like to think I can put myself in situations that someone like me might not normally be in and show a bit of empathy, and adjust my public policy positions accordingly. Also, I prefer not to be politically associated with racists or misogynists. And the wall between Church and State needs to atomic bomb fallout shelter thick and impenetrable.

Conservatives do not have the ability to govern. You can only govern for tomorrow and the future. Conservatives always look to and live in the past.

Empathy and conscience..

I don't choose by politics, it's politics that try to get me to choose it.

If it's a primary I'm democratic and in a general election I try to go with who I think may actually do a good job.
And then await the disappointment.

My life experiences and observations.

Abortion rights. If you're not down with a woman's right to privacy, then I'm not down with you.

Common sense, and basic human decency.

Been thinking America is not Republicans versus Democrats, but "haves" versus "have-nots". The "haves" have the money to pay Congress to make laws favorable to themselves. The "have-nots" don't have the ability to do that. The "haves" want the rest of us fighting among ourselves. The 1% has half the money in the country, as is, and the gap gets wider every year.

I'm neither Republican nor Democrat. I'm a "have-not". I try to identify the least harmful of the candidates. Trump's an idiot with the nuclear launch-codes, so he's not the least harmful.

at first i was a democrat because that's what i heard in the house, but that didn't last long. oh, i remained a democrat; i mean that my reason for being one changed. at 15, the same age at which i became an atheist, and for the same reason i became an atheist, my being a democrat took on its own life, even though i wasn't old enough to vote. that is the year i questioned everything. some things withstood the questioning. my political bent was one of them. some didn't. god didn't. but why did i decide that this was the road for me? because although the following might be a cliché, it is also largely true: republicans don't care about people in trouble until they themselves are in trouble, or someone in the family is. it has to happen to them to become real. "this happened to me." democrats think, "this shouldn't happen to ANYONE." i guess it's a matter of empathy. (by the way, i never went to a religious school, and i wasn't raised as a christian, either.)

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I’ve been an open heart RN for 25 years. I’ve seen many people denied care because of lack of insurance. My ex is a contractor and we bought our insurance off of the exchange. For the first time ever millions of people had insurance that didn’t before. As a Canadian, I believe health care is a human right and don’t understand why universal coverage is not standard here. Healthcare and climate change, human rights, civil rights are why I will always stay Democrat and turn Texas blue.

I base my politics on facts, logic, belief in democracy, and the basis of my moral code -- choices based on minimum violation of human dignity and respect. Those choices come from my life as an an adult, and on my learning -- not on my upbringing or the culture in which I was reared.

Any person that favors less government and the 2nd amendment would have to be an idiot to vote for the democrats. Since I favor both I voted for Trump and definitely don’t regret it as he has done a lot to undo damage done by that left wing idiot Obama and also with his Supreme Court nominations the 2nd amendment will be preserved for a good while yet.

I don't vote for parties. I vote for candidates with ideologies I most agree with. Whether they are sincere or not is another issue. Both main parties are too "business-like" for me, among other things. They deal more in the realm of marketing than they do in politics. Both might be synonymous though. It seems like they are constantly coming up with new terms to try to shape consensus or divide us one way or another. Identity politics is nothing new though. It was first mentioned in the 60s and 70s. It's not even a term that needs to be mentioned as it's natural among voters already. Politicians have used the term to their advantage though. It kind of goes back to the other recent thread in here about "Post Truth" politics. It's all a marketing campaign based on emotions.

I don't choose as they're all self-serving arseholes

I am a democrate bcause they are for helping people, animals, and the earth. They are not for war first but will use it as near last resort.