The thought hit me: Many of my friends claim they’re middle of the road. And while I understand what they’re saying, is any voter remain “middle of the road” on Election Day? Obviously, this is the fork in the road, isn’t it? Or, as one prof of mine would say “this is where the rubber hits the road”.
Wouldn’t you agree? There is no vote for a middle-of-the roader, is there?
Well, you can always refuse to vote for President. Or vote for Nader or one of the others. Nothing says you have to vote every line of the ballot. 
Our excellent electoral system permits us to choose people from different parties for various branches of government, if we are so inclined. I’ve voted for libertarians, republicans, and ( :eek: ) even the ocasional democrat, all on the same ballot.
Voting a split ticket must be very popular in Indiana. For the last 16 years, my state has voted Republican for president and Democratic for governor.
“Middle of the road” is a designation – not as liberal as a committed liberal and not as conservative as a committed conservative. And a middle of the road voter can vote for either candidate if they feel that, on balance, the candidate is on the right side of what things matter most to the voter. Since that’s different for each voter, a middle of the road voter can go either way.
The current political climate causes the parties to be polarized except in presidential elections, where they both try to go to the center. I think that the Republicans are much further to the right of the mainstream than the Democrats are to the left, but the Republicans have had good success in portraying the Democrats as much further to the left than the really are.
Easily. I’m middle of the road in that I think both candidates suck rocks and I’m voting libertarian.