How do you figure out who you're going to vote for? For me, I just read between the lines. Maybe I'm too cynical but I don't believe that politics, i.e. democrat/republican, and what candidates say they'll do actually account for anything. I figure the political landscape is merely a game and they're just trying to play it or pander to the lowest common denominator or whatever. What I mean by read between the lines is I just observe how they act and try to read body language. Seeing as body language is hard to self-manipulate and that it is still believed to account for the majority of communication I just go by that. I liked Bill Clinton because he gave off that "bro" vibe. He was cool as the other side of the pillow on the campaign trail and he was musically inclined. I didn't know what he stood for at all and I still don't. I sure as hell didn't care that he copped some head in the oval office. I voted for Obama because he was slick, he smoked menthol, and he could ball. Yup. Depending on who owns the Senate, Congress and/or the House of Reps it doesn't really matter what the president wants to accomplish if the other implementations of checks and balances cock blocks him/her the whole term. So yea, I just pick the guy I feel most comfortable with. It's not like I don't have anything to lose either. I'm a tax paying citizen with a job and bills to pay(like most of you I'm sure) and all that so it SHOULD matter to me but it doesn't lol. Anyone feel the same way?
tl;dr version - representative republics make me feel apathetic.