2012 Election Survey: Did you vote for Mitt Romney for president?

Yes, but I was voting AGAINST Obama. I was not and am not pro-Romney.

I will never vote democrat (until after I’m dead). I would consider a third party if it had a strong candidate, but I must be assured the democrat will not win; that is the primary reason I vote.

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny* over the mind of man.
—Thomas Jefferson

*Includes democrats.

No the country is suffering because of you and people like you. You will never agree with a candidate 100% of time. You gave us eight years of Obama and brought this country to its knees with communism and socialism.

I'm beginning to believe there is a certain group of people here who are posing as conservatives but their main goal is to make sure the conservatives don't get out and vote. You will never agree 100% and if they don't agree on social issues - then we shouldn't vote at all or cast a vote for someone who has no chance to win, therefore we get the Democrat candidate. I've tried to keep my mouth shut on this and I know it's time for me to give up on FR for awhile because this is going to get heated AGAIN. I've already had one chewing out from a person who I think is a little off their rocker - I'm not going to argue with a fool, it's pretty useless.

The reason we have this revolt in Congress is because of US, the voters who voted for the most conservative candidate possible- otherwise there would be no conservatives in Congress at all because none of them would be conservative enough to vote for. We're getting there, it just takes time. It took 30 years to get in this mess, it's going to take a fight to get out of it but if our side has already given up ( the "I'm not voting!!! so there" crowd) then we have already lost.

In the presidential elections of the United States, which usually has only two major candidates historically, one of them wins and the other loses.

The one that gets MORE votes usually wins, if the electoral college votes portioned out to the various states indicate a majority.

The candidate that does not get as many votes and doesn’t get a majority of the electoral college loses.

In 2012, Obama won because more people voted for him than Romney. If more people had voted FOR Romney, even if the votes were done for reasons of rejecting Obama, Obama would have lost.

So the fact remains that it doesn’t matter as far as the outcome of the election for the REASON that you voted for Obama or for Romney—if enough people had voted for Romney Obama would have lost.

I did. But I won't again. If the Republicans nominate another Liberal, and I believe with the same certainty that I believe that Monday follows Sunday, that they will, I will write in. Let the Democrat Lites and Democrat Regulars fight it out among themselves.

Conservative candidates that I would vote for include: Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Louie Gomert, and Phil Robertson and Phil is not running.

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