Single Issue Voter

A single-issue voter believes that one issue is paramount to all other issues.

In other words, although many issues may be very important, a single issue voters acknowledge that a single issue trumps all of the others in importance.

I’ve noticed that some people look down on single issue voters and believe that single issue voters must also be simple minded.

My response to this accusation is by way of these comparisons:

1.) If a politician promised one million dollars to every elementary school in the nation but with the stipulation that small pox would be released back into society, would it be worth the sacrifice?

2.) If a politician promised that every single-parenting mother would receive a brand new car, but with the stipulation that we would enslave people of a specific ethnicity, would you vote for him or her?

3.) If a politician promised to find a way to give 100 million dollars to Alzheimer’s research, but with the stipulation that because women are physically weaker than men that they would no longer have the right to vote, would you vote (for some of us, the last time!), for him?

4.) If a politician promised “the world” with the stipulation that because the unborn are weaker than the women they are inside of, that if elected, the unborn would have no right to keep living, would you hand over the unborn’s human right to life to this politician?

If you answered, “No,” to anyone of the above situations than congratulations!

You have the very astute mind of a single-issue voter!

The stipulation in each situation, small pox, slavery, voter rights, and rights of the unborn, were each one single factor, or ‘issue,’ that completely overrode any other promise by the politician.

When it comes down to it: Even if someone promises you the world, it doesn’t matter if it comes at a price you aren’t willing to pay.

(The number 4 situation was a trick of course since the unborn do not have any rights.)

Have a nice day.