Where on the political spectrum do you lie? (Mods: Please don't move!)

[CoventryCat86]

I am fiscally conservative but socially liberal. I have no problem doing what I can for people but I am not sure doing it through big government is the answer. Too much over-head. As for voting, I am indy. I vote for who I believe I can trust.

Personally I don't believe is straight tic votes. If you not going to educate your self on all the positions and the people who are running for them don't just vote for them because of the party affiliation.

I actually completely disagree with the notion that people shouldn't vote strictly on party affiliation. I've been working at the state capitol in Connecticut off and on for 12 years and what gets me is INDIVIDUALLY, many Democrat state legislators talk the story about being "conservative" when it comes to important issues like taxing and spending but when it comes down to voting 99.9% of the time they vote party lines because YOU CANNOT BUCK PARTY LEADERSHIP. So if you believe in a party's philosophical position for the most part, you really have to vote the party and not the person. nhcigarfan, you sound like today's definition of the modern Republican, fiscally conservative with a realistic view that we must help those who cannot help themselves BUT NOT WITH BIG GOVERNMENT!!

Now I know it sounds wrong but I'm tellin' ya, I've seen too much of this nonsense first hand and that's the way it works, almost all major votes in State's legislatures are along party lines, no matter what an individual candidate may say, campaign about or whatever.......

Fortunately in New Hampshire, the Democrats will NEVER be able to get control of the House. Once in a great while they manage to get control of the State Senate but if I remember correctly, the Republicans got control back in 2002. The Democrats in New Hampshire dream about a state income tax but their candidates usually don't say it publicly. Once Democratic State Senator (McLarnen, I think her name was?) in Rochester came out and said she supported it. LMAO, guess what, she LOST (District #6, Rochester and a few surrounding towns)