# For non-USA Americans only - How would you vote in November? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 31, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-non-usa-americans-only-how-would-you-vote-in-november/633208 "2012-08-31T00:42:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-non-usa-americans-only-how-would-you-vote-in-november/633208/1 "2012-08-31T00:42:34Z")
Poll coming up. Please don’t spoil it you USA types. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-non-usa-americans-only-how-would-you-vote-in-november/633208/2 "2012-08-31T12:30:16Z")
I put not sure. If I were reliably certain that my state would go to either Romney or Obama, I’d probably vote Jill Stein. In a swing state, I’d reluctantly vote for Obama. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-non-usa-americans-only-how-would-you-vote-in-november/633208/3 "2012-08-31T12:43:35Z")
I know nothing of the independents, so its a choice between Democrat and Republican really, and thats not even a choice. Its not just that Obama presents well to the outside world, its that looking in at American politics from the outside I am flabbergasted at the conduct of the Republican party. They really come across as a collection of morons, all religious bile and self-serving lies. There is no possible way I could vote for them, so Obama it is. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-non-usa-americans-only-how-would-you-vote-in-november/633208/4 "2012-08-31T12:57:03Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > I know nothing of the independents, so its a choice between Democrat and Republican really, and thats not even a choice. > > Its not just that Obama presents well to the outside world, its that looking in at American politics from the outside I am flabbergasted at the conduct of the Republican party. They really come across as a collection of morons, all religious bile and self-serving lies. > > There is no possible way I could vote for them, so Obama it is. A year or two ago I would have agreed, but I really don’t see anything substantial in the Democratic party regarding deficit reduction, or job creation. The Keystone pipeline postponement was pretty much the deal-breaker for me. I think I’d have to vote Republican, unfortunately. Something’s gotta give policy-wise, and it doesn’t appear to be happening under Obama. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-non-usa-americans-only-how-would-you-vote-in-november/633208/5 "2012-08-31T14:20:21Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > I know nothing of the independents, so its a choice between Democrat and Republican really, and thats not even a choice. > > Its not just that Obama presents well to the outside world, its that looking in at American politics from the outside I am flabbergasted at the conduct of the Republican party. They really come across as a collection of morons, all religious bile and self-serving lies. > > There is no possible way I could vote for them, so Obama it is. I agree. Bush put the US in a deep financial hole with the economy in a catastophic free fall. I lot of Obama’s"promises " were made before the Bush economic bubble burst. I never expected a quick recovery. You just don’t turn a ship the size of the American economy in a storm of global financial uncertainty in a short period of time. The Republicans have done everything in their power to make the Obama administration fail. I won’t call them traitors. I won’t call them patriots either. They are a bunch of religious dinosaurs that don’t give a flying fuck for the less fortunate. They are liars I despise the Republican Party with every fibre in my body.