Which 2008 Presidential candidate should you vote for and why?

Which 2008 Presidential candidate should you vote for and why?

"Who should I vote for?" There are many candidates for President in 2008, and it's hard to figure out who you should vote for. How will you vote this year, what factors will determine how you vote, age, sex, race, religion, looks? Or will you vote purely on their qualifications "are they qualified to serve as President of the United States" Will they run this country in the right direction?
Here is what a Harrisinteractive poll said about some of these issues



The Harris Poll® #12, January 31, 2008
Harris Poll/BYU Study Finds More People would be Angry or Upset if Mitt Romney was President than if Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton was President Using Experimental Survey Design to Gauge Underlying Voter Sentiments
As the race towards the White House heads into the February 5th, super duper Tuesday primaries, there are a lot of unanswered questions which linger. Will Americans vote for a female president? A black president? A Mormon president? Utilizing an experimental survey design called a "list experiment", the answers to these questions may be a little clearer. The most striking is that just under half (47%) of Americans would be upset or angry if Mitt Romney was serving as President, one-third (33%) of adults would be angry or upset if Barack Obama was serving as President and just under this (30%) if Hillary Clinton was serving as President.
Granted, a great deal of this may have to do with the individuals themselves, so how do the American people respond to the various characteristics? Well, just over one-quarter (27%) would be angry or upset if a Mormon was serving as President and almost the same number (25%) if a woman was serving as President. A very small number, just under one in ten Americans (9%), would be angry or upset if a Black person was serving as President.
These are the results of a nationwide Harris Poll of 2,302 U.S. adults surveyed online between January 15 and 22, 2008 by Harris Interactive®. This survey was conceived and developed by Harris Interactive and was not commissioned by any organization. Harris Interactive worked closely with the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at Brigham Young University in developing these questions and experiment and then in the analysis of the results.
When the pairings between the candidate and their personal characteristic are compared to each other, it seems that having a Mormon as President does not make people as angry or upset nearly as much as having Mitt Romney serving (27% versus 47%). The same situation is true regarding a Black person or Barack Obama serving as President as more say Obama serving would make them angry or upset compared to a Black person serving (9% versus 33%). Whether Hillary Clinton or a woman is serving does not seem to make much of a difference as the just slightly more people say having her specifically serve would make them angry or upset compared to the generic woman (25% versus 30%).
Race versus Gender
One of the main factors in the Democratic nomination fight these past few weeks has boiled down to a question of race. Who will White Democrats and Black Democrats vote for? When race is looked at, the numbers do not change substantially. Only one in ten (10%) of non-white adults are angry or upset at the notion of a Black person serving as President with 13 percent of White adults feeling the same way — an imperceptible change. However, when the idea of Barack Obama serving as president is examined, dramatic differences between Whites and non-Whites emerge. No non-white adult is angry or upset at the idea of Barack Obama serving as President compared to two in five (41%) of White voters.
While not as much in the forefront as race, this election has also seen the issue of gender emerge. Among men, gender is an issue. Just over two in five men (43%) say the idea of a woman serving as President makes them angry or upset while 48 percent of men are upset or angry about the prospect of Hillary Clinton serving as President. As might be expected, gender doesn’t appear to be as serious an issue among women. Only 12 percent of women say a woman serving as President would make them angry or upset while 21 percent of women say Hillary Clinton serving as President would make them angry or upset.
Looking at Party
When it comes to these issues, Republicans and Democrats, not surprisingly, have some major differences in how angry or upset these all make them. When it comes to a black person or woman serving as president, Democrats are fine with either, while Republicans are much more likely to say a woman would make them angry. Just one in ten (11%) of Republicans say a Black person serving as President would make them angry or upset while 16 percent of Democrats say the same. There is a much larger difference when it is a woman serving as President as one in five Democrats (20%) say that would make them upset or angry while two in five (41%) Republicans say that.
When the actual candidates themselves are examined, there is almost no difference for Democrats between Senators Clinton and Obama. One-quarter (25%) of Democrats say Hillary Clinton serving as President would make them angry or upset while almost the same number of Democrats (23%) say Barack Obama serving as President would make them angry or upset. Republicans are also of similar mind as just under half (48%) say Barack Obama serving as President would make them angry or upset while over half (56%) of Republicans say Hillary Clinton serving as President would make them angry.
On religion, Republicans are not angry or upset about a Baptist serving as President while one-quarter (25%) of Democrats are, although the difference is not statistically significant. When it comes to a Mormon serving as President, Republicans are slightly more likely than Democrats to be angry or upset (34% versus 27%). A larger and more significant difference is seen if Mitt Romney was serving as President – 41 percent of Democrats would be angry or upset while 51 percent of Republicans would be angry or upset. When it is Mike Huckabee serving as President, only one in ten Republicans (9%) would be angry or upset while three in ten (30%) Democrats would feel the same way.
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I personally dont like any of the candidates yet, none of them have proven to me yet that they are capable of taking this country in the right direction. Their are lots of issues that need to be changed before we a have a major economic and social collapse. I will talk more about these issues in depth in future post......

People vote for candidates for many of the wrong reasons, alot of time people dont vote on what they stand for or their qualifications..........I have heard people many times say things like..my dad votes for democrats so I vote for democrats, or I always vote for republicans it dosnt matter who is running. I find most people dont even know what their party stands for they just vote that way because they vote that way...........Its amazing that people wont take the time to educate themselves about who they are voting for!