OrnotBitwise
Watermelon
Is there really anything wrong with being a "single issue" voter? I'm genuinely unsure and am curious about what people here think.
Klaatu, this is so you, baby.
We all sort of know what a single issue voter is, I think. It's somebody for whom one particular issue overshadows everything else, to an enormous degree. Single issue voters tend to be passionate about their issue and they are therefore relatively easy to mobilize.
Gay rights, for and against, are two obvious examples. So are both sides of the abortion debate -- and we all know what I think about anti-abortion voters. We've got a couple of anti-government-anything guys on here too.
A lot of us, including me, bitch about single issue voters. Especially when they're on the opposing side. But is there really anything wrong with it? Suppose a gay person is more concerned about gay rights than anything else. Is that surprising? I think not. Is he or she wrong for voting that way? I doubt it. Hey, at least they're voting.
Klaatu, this is so you, baby.
We all sort of know what a single issue voter is, I think. It's somebody for whom one particular issue overshadows everything else, to an enormous degree. Single issue voters tend to be passionate about their issue and they are therefore relatively easy to mobilize.
Gay rights, for and against, are two obvious examples. So are both sides of the abortion debate -- and we all know what I think about anti-abortion voters. We've got a couple of anti-government-anything guys on here too.
A lot of us, including me, bitch about single issue voters. Especially when they're on the opposing side. But is there really anything wrong with it? Suppose a gay person is more concerned about gay rights than anything else. Is that surprising? I think not. Is he or she wrong for voting that way? I doubt it. Hey, at least they're voting.