Whom do you chose, better candidate or better political party?

No, and it's for that reason that I refuse to vote "straight ticket". I look at what I know about the candidates and try to weigh what I believe are their values and qualifications with what I believe would be best for the position available. It's just coincidence that those candidates have all happened to be Republican over the last 35 years.

Of course, they often let me down but, then, so do the Democrats.

No. I vote for whomever I think will do the most good while in office. I tend to vote for third party candidates a lot.

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