Voices
in
Japan
have your say
When you vote for a candidate in an election, what is the main thing that decides who you will vote for?
©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
Articles, Offers & Useful Resources
A mix of what's trending on our other sites
25 Comments
Login to comment
TaiwanIsNotChina
These days, whether the candidate has a shred of patriotism.
Hervé L'Eisa
Their clearly stated policies AND their consistency with their policies in general. Trump 2024!
Pukey2
taiwanchina:
Judging from your past posts, it seems that patriotism is only ok depending on the nationaility of that person.
I'd say policies and not being swayed by lobbyists are two of the most important things. That rules out most US politicians. Vote thrird party and independent.
Garthgoyle
If they seem like the right person to do the job, regardless of the colors.
Gene Hennigh
Voting is not only a right, as I see it, but a responsibility. I take news from as many sources as I can, I weigh what I read and listen to and apply critical thinking and wariness (and plenty of skepticism) and then vote as I think I should. Here in the US it's all one party or the other. That's idiotic. Both sides have points. And neither gets my backing. Each, however, have my vote if I think the person in question is worth it.
rcch
When you vote for a candidate in an election, what is the main thing that decides who you will vote for?
—
Hmm, complicated question—voting and preferring a certain candidate in the USA is not the same thing as in Europe and vice versa;
in general, most people consider politics and politicians to be extremely boring and not genuine, so if a candidate deviates from typical political behavior, this can be considered a positive thing;
also, honesty and/or transparency and competence are two main characteristics that I admire and that politicians lack nowadays and people no longer seem to care about;
for example, in the US, a large part of the electorate would answer this question simply by saying that they are Republicans or Democrats, in other words, many voters have a limited view—they will only vote for one candidate and their party—they don't care what what defines the candidate who represents the party—
we are seeing and experiencing this this year—even though Trump has the best policies and is more competent than Kamala, millions of voters (the tunnel vision I mentioned earlier) will still vote for Kamala simply because a) she represents the Democratic Party or b) because of their dislike for Trump,
(this is one of the reasons why many people still support the electoral college, they believe that the popular vote would never represent fairness in deciding US elections).
But again, the logic changes drastically in Europe and many other parts of the world (the experience of voting in elections may vary depending on the country).
wallace
I don't have a vote, anywhere.
Hello Kitty 321
Like Wallace, living in Japan for my entire life I have never had the right or the opportunity to vote anywhere.
dagon
One who consistently fights for the welfare of the people and not companies or their own bank account.
In the US, Bernie Sanders.
If I could vote in Japan, Taro Yamamoto.
Moonraker
Is he gonna stick it to the libs. Will I follow him blindly enough to grant him droit de seigneur.
John-San
They have be male. have to have a John Kerry hair cut. Super nuclear white teeth. doesn't have to have all of them only the ones that show. And a must have Israel lobbyist on his staff.
TaiwanIsNotChina
No, Chinese and Russians can be patriotic as long as they don't use that patriotism to launch a war of aggression.
albaleo
In which case, I would vote for one of the other candidates. As someone once said, "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel."
Peter Neil
i probably wouldn’t vote for someone who threatened to jail every person who contributed to an opponents campaign.
i probably wouldn’t vote for someone who was a convicted felon.
i probably wouldn’t vote for someone convicted multiple times for tax fraud.
i probably wouldn’t vote for someone who called violent insurrectionists “political prisoners” and promised to pardon them.
i probably wouldn’t vote for someone who was unanimously adjudicated as a sexual assailant by two juries.
i probably wouldn’t vote for someone who promised to be a dictator on day one.
i probably wouldn’t vote for someone who thinks pouring bleach or shining uv light into lungs is a good idea to treat a virus.
Strangerland
From this we can conclude definitely that you aren't in the bottom 25% of intelligence of humanity.
TaiwanIsNotChina
If you are voting for someone to lead a country, they better have a love for that country. Otherwise it is like putting a black hat hacker in charge of your computer network. I guess some have been trained that the latter is the path forward but the majority are not looking for world wide revolution.
albaleo
I don't think love for one's country is the same as patriotism. I guess definitions may vary, but I've always seen "patriotism" as obeying the will of a nation's leaders, whether they are right or wrong.
Strangerland
That’s nationalism.
albaleo
And I think supporters of nationalism would describe themselves as patriots.
I know definitions can be difficult, but I see love of one's country along the lines of "try to love your neighbors".
Seigi
That they are the lesser evil?
Eastmann
in case of my country elections we are allowed to vote online.main criteria is their political program/agenda.
in case of japanese elections I have no right to vote so no comment.zero interest.
aaronagstring
Ditto.
Mr Kipling
I would be very unlikely to vote for anyone who claim to speak to God, any God.
TaiwanIsNotChina
A choice between Putin and Putin? No wonder they feel secure enough to hold it online.
DanteKH
Kind of useless and callous question to be addressed to all foreigners here in Japan, don't you think?
As for the other countries or own, usually you choose the lesser evil. All politicians are, by nature, liers and all they do is for their own and their election "sponsor" interests.