Why did you vote for Obama or not...?

[smokey the elder]

The fact that he picked Biden, one of his biggest gadflies, to be his VP says that he's not afraid to learn. I voted for him because I think he has a better shot at bipartisanship, and I thought he had enormous presence, standing up to all the negative campaigning and not getting into too much mud wrestling.

[carole]

Thank you all for your most welcome replies, i have found it to be very interesting reading, i did start this thread for purely selfish reasons,to become more familiar with the American political system,and what the American people want? I have found it very informative.

As an outsider looking in, I have to say I personally found Mr Obama had a lot of charisma,he really appealed to me,he certainly would have been my choice as well, I like very much that he is young, and liberal, and from reading your posts I like what he is standing for.

I have to say i found Palin very scatty, and not at all somebody i would want for my vice president, or president should Mccain have to step down, maybe that was his downfall, having Palin.

Now tell me, if you usually voted either republican or Democrat, did you change your vote this year because you liked Obama better, or would you stick with either party because you are staunch republican or Democrat.?

We have our elections tomorrow, it is picked we will have a new government, I for one will not be happy about that, I will be very reluctant to welcome Mr John Keys as our new Prime Minister, I do think the elections in the USA will have an influence on voting here, they will see it as Time for a Change here too I think.,worse luck,still one just has to accept it don't we?

Thanks again, looking forward to more of your posts.

[M&M's Mommy]

Nope. I am a republican by heart. Though I don't agree with president Bush on certain issues, the Republican party and what it stands for hasn't disappointed me.

[carole]

I am much the same, I am loyal to my party to the end, i even voted last year for the candiate in my area, who i have met and dislike, as i wanted my party to be the government and it was, thank goodness she has left parliament and we have a new candidate that i like very much, it is a hard thing to do, to vote for someone you don't like a whole lot,but i am LABOUR party all the way.

One cannot possible agree with everything our party stands for, this government has done a few things i am not happy about, but in general it has done some great things, introducing working for families tax credits, which without our life would be bordering on the poverty line,anti-smacking laws,no smoking laws, just to name a few that i have been all for.,and they also work with the Green party, which is simply self explanatory, it stands for keeping the environment clean and green amongst other things.

[Alysser]

The fact that he picked Biden, one of his biggest gadflies, to be his VP says that he's not afraid to learn. I voted for him because I think he has a better shot at bipartisanship, and I thought he had enormous presence, standing up to all the negative campaigning and not getting into too much mud wrestling.

Agreed, what impressed me was when it came out Sarah Palin's 17 year old daughter was pregnant and He simply said "our children should not be brought into this election" or something like that. He could have used that so much against them but was very mature about it.