OK, I’ll admit it. I knew who I was going to vote for in the 2012 presidential election the day after the 2008 general election.
I didn’t need to wait to see how President Obama performed in office because I knew going in that, in many cases, his views were the polar opposite of mine.
President Obama is strongly pro-choice; I am strongly pro-life. He believes in a larger government providing more and more public services and I believe in individual rights and individual responsibilities.
I suspected that Mr. Obama would eventually come out in favor of same-sex marriage whereas I believe in the traditional and biblical definition of marriage as being the union of one man and one woman.
There are many other areas in which President Obama and I do not see eye to eye. But to his credit, the recent election proved that he has more than 62 million Americans who agree with him.
And you know what? I can deal with that. However, what I have trouble accepting is that so many voters were undecided just days before the election.
I mean, after being deluged by tens of thousands of campaign ads, mailers and three televised debates, what more information did these people need to make an informed decision?
I guess what concerns me the most is that – to me at least – an undecided voter in an election with such a clear contrast between candidates is someone who appears to have no core convictions.
I realize that I may be painting with a rather broad brush here, but seriously…are you a liberal or are you a conservative? Are you pro-choice or are you pro-life? Do you favor a bigger federal government or a smaller one?
Should we ensure an equal playing field for all Americans and then reward hard work and success; or micro-manage our economy to require equal results for everyone by redistributing wealth from the haves to the have-nots?
Like I said, while I may disagree vehemently with those who re-elected President Obama and who agree with his policies, at least they know what they want and what they believe. It’s the forever undecided voters that I don’t understand.