Landguy said:
It's both. The Presidential position itself is a figurehead for the whole country and their party. If the person is a piece of garbage, then you are chooing to have that person personally reflect you to the rest of the world. If you believe that every Democrat is a crooked liar who doesn't care about managing the information that is given to them, you are wrong. Sure, Hillary says that she is pro choice. But what is pro choice going to matter as a president? Not one thing. The president doesn't get involved in that at all. The president gets involved in international negotiations, minor military actions, and general perceptions to the outside world. That's why choosing the person based on their actual personality and track record in those types of things matters. Unfortunately, the mass media panders to the lowest common denominator. They will talk about pro choice/black lives matter/ and social programs in regards to the presidential race even though they are the farthest from what the job really is. |
But the president does have veto powers so if you vote against your interests because of personality for president you leave the door open for the people that do actually make those laws to do so unopposed in a direction that you don't agree with. Get in Trump and now congress can easily put through laws that would never make it through a democrat president unopposed.
Sure, foreign diplomacy is what takes up most of the president's time, but they do have influence over social issues at home as well and that shouldn't be ignored.
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