[Katya]

My brother a member of an evangelical church votes every election...unfortunately he understands absolutely nothing about politics or the issues. He just heads over to the ballot box with his little cheat sheet in hand, that his pastor makes up telling him "which" candidates (that happen to be republicans)to vote for. Hopefully not all churches operate this way.

I'd much prefer an educated electorate voting, this ensures that they can't be swayed by a charismatic church official.

[wagglebee]

I have somewhat "mixed" feelings about this whole subject. I would prefer all eligible people to vote, rather than "sit out" the election based on some principles.

In almost every election, we must all overlook some things about the candidate we are voting for, this is not "the lesser of two evils," it is merely due to the fact that there will never be a candidate whose views are identical to our own. And in voting for an incumbent, the very nature of politics will have driven every elected official to support positions we disagree with.

That being said, I would prefer a person not vote than ignorantly vote for a "party slate" predetermined by his minister, congregation or any other group, regardless of which party they support.