How do you decide your vote? Do you listen to all the arguments and then decide? Do you always vote for the same party? Do you toss a coin?

SSG Shavonde Chase I am going to give you the weirdest answer. I vote for what I feel is the best direction of the country. I know my political views and leanings of what I want- I also understand those do NOT reflect others views and times what is best for the nation. So after trying to understand where a candidate's values lie within those guidelines- I make a choice I feel will help us get in the right direction. Not about the me- about the we.

I based My vote on the experience and Having watched the candidates ... one specifically for the Last 40 Years...
based on her Involvement with specific Political Figures in the past and The conduct, actions ...
and based on Her Own words I voted Against her... and Not For the other Guy... and from what i know from Her past ... she is not done yet...

For a long time I was a right leaning independent until I had a serious change of heart in the 2004 timeframe, An unnessesary war can cause someone like me to seriously re-examine things. I came out of that much more left leaning. On local elections I vote for the person because they have a different impact so left/right doesn't matter as much. On federal elections I tend to vote left due to the overall impact of what direction the parties tend to take.