The fact that I have only voted Democrat on rare occasions does not mean that I have a whole lot of party loyalty. I have a few issues that are the most important to me--most of them socially conservative. Ideally, I would like to vote for a candidate that is socially conservative and fiscally liberal--an independent thinker who refuses to toe the party line. These candidates are few and far between, however. Usually, I just vote for the lesser of two evils.
I basically consider myself a crunchy con--an unusual combination of the two basic stages of my life. From birth to age 18, I was raised on conservative political media (and this Fall I plan on attending Focus on the Family Institute) Though I also consumed more mainstream media (like NPR, The Washington Post, and CBS News), I was very very far right. College, however, has made me more liberal on some issues. Now my media diet also includes The New York Times and the Daily Show. I'm open-minded and a hodgepodge of ideas having been influenced by both my family and my teachers.
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