One-Dimensional Voters

            What qualities should we look for in our President? This is a loaded question, not only do we want someone who will best lead our country, but also represent us to the rest of the world.  Do we want someone who’s charismatic, but let’s his work slide? Or do we want a leader who gets the job done, but has no personality?   Obviously no one is perfect, and picking a leader is a balancing act between the pros and cons of each candidate.  Unfortunately, when voters go to evaluate a candidate’s character it’s often one-dimensional. They see each candidate as a “man of the people” or an “elitists”, an “honest man” or a “crook”.  This one-dimensional way of analyzing a candidate’s character leader to easy attack ads, and skewing voters opinions on an individual.

            Voters need to make a more conscientious effort to analyzing a candidate’s true political ideology, and not allowing for cheap attack ads and linear concepts to keep them from developing their own opinion on any particular individual.  Voters need to act in a more bipartisan nature when deciding whom to vote for.  Each candidate should be analyzed to the same extent, and one should be chosen who better represents that an individual wants and needs. 

            Other issues should be taken into account such as: political experience/skill, management ability, persuasiveness, and the Ten-Commandments of the President.  Although voters are not directly counted, each ballot cast is a serious matter, and should be treated with the utmost seriousness.  Voters are deciding who they want to lead and represent them for four-years, and that should not be taken likely.