Rank the issue

[hawkeyetraveler]

HBOT is awash in posts about illegal immigrants, abortion, trans in sports, climate change, last year’s inflation rate, Israel and Ukraine. I’m curious which of these matters the most to you and why? What one issue rises above the other and does that inform your vote?

For me it is the deficit. It is the single biggest risk I see to America’s future. Unfortunately both parties ignore it so I have to vote based on other factors, which is a shame.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Keeping Trump out of office is the only issue I care about right now. Everything else is negotiable.

 

[hawkeyetraveler]

Keeping Trump out of office is the only issue I care about right now. Everything else is negotiable.

Yep, that is a big one for me as well. And since no one seems to care about the deficit it has a sizable impact on my vote for sure.

 

[3boysmom]

I voted abortion but it is really more about a woman's right to make her own decisions about her life. I'm also worried about the democratic process but honestly what difference does it make as a woman if democracy is saved if it is only saved for men?

 

[Mister_Man]

Unfortunately the democratic process itself. If that is voided, then all of the other items become voided as well.

 

[DooBi]

Abortion is the only issue that absolutely disqualifies someone from receiving my vote.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

Any adminstration that is complicit in flooding the country with new people so that they can lock down power for generations to come is truly a threat to America. That is why immigration is the top issue.

From encouraging a surge to the border to halting some enforcement measures/deporations, it's clear what their intent is.

Between census numbers counting illegal aliens which will increase U.S. representatives to birthright citizenship to calls for amnesty and a pathway to citizenship, the Democrats know exactly what they're doing.

They don't care about America. They only care about power.

 

[hawkeye54545]

I'm sure it just a slight mishap by the OP but he left off attacking the online porn industry.

 

[fsu1jreed]

Keeping Trump out of office is the only issue I care about right now. Everything else is negotiable.

Fvcking facts...the only issue

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

And it's quite rich seeing all the board libs choose "the democratic process itself" when their party members want to end the electoral college, gut the filibuster and pack the Supreme Court.

 

[fsu1jreed]

And it's quite rich seeing all the board libs choose "the democratic process itself" when their party members want to end the electoral college, gut the filibuster and pack the Supreme Court.

Shut up you piece of shit human

 

[ButtersHawk]

I picked Foreign Wars but Federal Spending almost goes hand in hand with it.

 

[hawkeyetraveler]

I'm sure it just a slight mishap by the OP but he left off attacking the online porn industry.

 

[ButtersHawk]

Be better OP........ be better

 

[WadeLookingbill]

Any adminstration that is complicit in flooding the country with new people so that they can lock down power for generations to come is truly a threat to America. That is why immigration is the top issue.

From encouraging a surge to the border to halting some enforcement measures/deporations, it's clear what their intent is.

Between census numbers counting illegal aliens which will increase U.S. representatives to birthright citizenship to calls for amnesty and a pathway to citizenship, the Democrats know exactly what they're doing.

They don't care about America. They only care about power.

Why do "people" like you always assume immigrants will vote Democrat?

 

[cigaretteman]

In the long run, climate change by far, but if Trump is elected again, the damage that will be done to our efforts to lessen climate change and to our democracy itselfwill be long lasting and devastating, so short term, democracy itself is number 1.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Doesn’t really matter if you don’t trust them to do what they say and get it paid for.

If they b.s. and sidestep around the little stuff why would you expect anything different on the big stuff.

National debt is the biggest threat and it isn’t even close.

 

[InsaneHawkJJP]

Climate change. We only have one planet, and I’d like my grandchildren to inherit a better one than we have today.

 

[jonesy5960]

Checking Trans In Sports to see what alts PF and WDT are using today.

 

[QChawks]

Other...

Iowa's starting QB

 

[Scott559]

Any adminstration that is complicit in flooding the country with new people so that they can lock down power for generations to come is truly a threat to America. That is why immigration is the top issue.

From encouraging a surge to the border to halting some enforcement measures/deporations, it's clear what their intent is.

Between census numbers counting illegal aliens which will increase U.S. representatives to birthright citizenship to calls for amnesty and a pathway to citizenship, the Democrats know exactly what they're doing.

They don't care about America. They only care about power.

And yet when the GOP had the House,Senate and the Presidency they decided tax cuts for the rich was a much more important priority. So get out of here with your disingenuous B.S.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

And yet when the GOP had the House,Senate and the Presidency they decided tax cuts for the rich was a much more important priority. So get out of here with your disingenuous B.S.

And Biden had since 2020 to lockdown border but waited until 2023-2024.

Go Team!!!!

If somebody can’t say the obvious like “men shouldn’t compete against women in sports” because of political fallout from their wacky wing of their party why trust them on anything?

Nobody cares about climate change. I base that on how people live, not what they say.

 

[ANYCHawk]

Any adminstration that is complicit in flooding the country with new people so that they can lock down power for generations to come is truly a threat to America. That is why immigration is the top issue.

From encouraging a surge to the border to halting some enforcement measures/deporations, it's clear what their intent is.

Between census numbers counting illegal aliens which will increase U.S. representatives to birthright citizenship to calls for amnesty and a pathway to citizenship, the Democrats know exactly what they're doing.

They don't care about America. They only care about power.

So when MAGA killed the border bill to run on it and champion it as a campaign issue....

 

[Scott559]

And Biden had since 2020 to lockdown border but waited until 2023-2024.

Go Team!!!!

If somebody can’t say the obvious like “men shouldn’t compete against women in sports” because of political fallout from their wacky wing of their party why trust them on anything?

Nobody cares about climate change. I base that on how people live, not what they say.

IMO. Biden was too lenient on the border.

I don’t think men should compete in Women’s sports.

We should all care about climate change.

Again if the border was such a priority for the GOP why wasn’t it done in 2016? Seems the border is only a priority when it can be used as an election issue.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

And yet when the GOP had the House,Senate and the Presidency they decided tax cuts for the rich was a much more important priority. So get out of here with your disingenuous B.S.

They didn't have 60 in the Senate so please be honest about those two years.

 

[Hawk_4shur]

The democratic process is for sure #1. If we don't have that, the rest don't matter much.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

IMO. Biden was too lenient on the border.

I don’t think men should compete in Women’s sports.

We should all care about climate change.

Again if the border was such a priority for the GOP why wasn’t it done in 2016? Seems the border is only a priority when it can be used as an election issue.

“Care”? who is supporting nuclear power? Who is cutting back on travel, big homes, SUvs, and all gas burning pleasure craft ?

“Caring” is the beginning and end of it.

China has more coal power plants that the rest of the world combined.

Are we going to tell the developing world they can’t have electricity as they become modern?

The bulk of all plastic in the ocean comes from the pacific rim.

Google says it takes 36,000 gallons of jet fuel to fly from New York to London. So 72,000 round trip. But “we” care.

 

[Scott559]

They didn't have 60 in the Senate so please be honest about those two years.

How Washington Blew Its Best Chance to Fix Immigration

Three years ago, the Republican-led House was close to reaching a compromise on immigration. This is the inside story of what went wrong.

www.propublica.org

 

[Tom Paris]

Yep, that is a big one for me as well. And since no one seems to care about the deficit it has a sizable impact on my vote for sure.

It would be nice if the Democrats were actually allowed to attempt the "pay-for" policy they advocate for but the Republicans block it in the Senate...because they don't really care about the deficit. They never have, but it sure sounds good to their voters.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

How Washington Blew Its Best Chance to Fix Immigration

Three years ago, the Republican-led House was close to reaching a compromise on immigration. This is the inside story of what went wrong.

www.propublica.org

Operative word being "compromise". You're saying the Republicans had the senate but you know that they need 60 to get exactly what they want.

 

[Scott559]

Operative word being "compromise". You're saying the Republicans had the senate but you know that they need 60 to get exactly what they want.

And if they had compromised the Democrats wouldn’t have gotten “exactly what they want”, Hence the word compromise.

 

[ANYCHawk]

Operative word being "compromise". You're saying the Republicans had the senate but you know that they need 60 to get exactly what they want.

And if they had compromised the Democrats wouldn’t have gotten “exactly what they want”, Hence the word compromise.

Amazing Captain well read doesnt know what the word compromise means

 

[Rifler]

And yet when the GOP had the House,Senate and the Presidency they decided tax cuts for the rich was a much more important priority.

Contrary to your description, those tax cuts benefited a majority of tax payers,... Just listen for all the howling when they disappear soon.

 

[Scott559]

Contrary to your description, those tax cuts benefited a majority of tax payers,... Just listen for all the howling when they disappear soon.

https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/the-2017-trump-tax-law-was-skewed-to-the-rich-expensive-and-failed-to-deliver

 

[GES4]

HBOT is awash in posts about illegal immigrants, abortion, trans in sports, climate change, last year’s inflation rate, Israel and Ukraine. I’m curious which of these matters the most to you and why? What one issue rises above the other and does that inform your vote?

For me it is the deficit. It is the single biggest risk I see to America’s future. Unfortunately both parties ignore it so I have to vote based on other factors, which is a shame.

In terms of headspace, the Ukrainian conflict has been top of my list since the start. It is an existential threat to the entire world. As such, eliminating MAGA and all of its malign progeny is my next highest concern.

 

[hawkeyetraveler]

I find the results interesting. Most posters I identify as liberal chose the democratic process. That message clearly resonates with the party base. Most posters I identify as conservative chose immigration - that message clearly resonates with the party base. A hodge podge of us chose deficit (I might be the only Harris voter in that crowd). With a smattering of other topics thrown in.

I know the Dems could have done more on the border, but I doubt that would sway anyone. I honestly wonder what would have happened if Harris had really doubled down on economic and deficit policy. I strongly believe Harris will be better for our economy than Trump (tariffs suck), but could she have invested in ideas to reduce the deficit including reduction in spending? That might have garnered Harris a few more points among the never Trumper/independent/former GOP types. I doubt that would have cost her votes from the base considering they view this as a referendum on democracy.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

And if they had compromised the Democrats wouldn’t have gotten “exactly what they want”, Hence the word compromise.

But compromise isn't what you were initially speaking of. You were implying that republicans could have done whatever they wanted because they controlled all three bodies. That simply wasn't the case because they lacked the 60 votes to break the filibuster.

This is what you said:

"And yet when the GOP had the House,Senate and the Presidency they decided tax cuts for the rich was a much more important priority. So get out of here with your disingenuous B.S."

 

[Scott559]

But compromise isn't what you were initially speaking of. You were implying that republicans could have done whatever they wanted because they controlled all three bodies. That simply wasn't the case because they lacked the 60 votes to break the filibuster.

This is what you said:

"And yet when the GOP had the House,Senate and the Presidency they decided tax cuts for the rich was a much more important priority. So get out of here with your disingenuous B.S."

Northern correct me if I am remembering incorrectly, I believe the GOP had a border bill they were going to put forward in 2016 and they pulled the bill, And IMO there is no doubt in my mind that their priority in 2016 was getting tax cuts.

 

[WadeLookingbill]

I find the results interesting. Most posters I identify as liberal chose the democratic process. That message clearly resonates with the party base. Most posters I identify as conservative chose immigration - that message clearly resonates with the party base. A hodge podge of us chose deficit (I might be the only Harris voter in that crowd). With a smattering of other topics thrown in.

I know the Dems could have done more on the border, but I doubt that would sway anyone. I honestly wonder what would have happened if Harris had really doubled down on economic and deficit policy. I strongly believe Harris will be better for our economy than Trump (tariffs suck), but could she have invested in ideas to reduce the deficit including reduction in spending? That might have garnered Harris a few more points among the never Trumper/independent/former GOP types. I doubt that would have cost her votes from the base considering they view this as a referendum on democracy.

Agreed, very interesting and agree with these folks that Harris is best for the economy between the two candidates

23 Nobel prize winners push for Kamala Harris, calling her a 'better steward of our economy' than Trump

Economists say that tariffs and tax cuts make Trump’s plan weaker than Harris’

fortune.com

I'm a registered independent who will easily be voting for Harris and I rank the biggest concerns as follows:
1) debt/deficit
2) Judiciary/Supreme Court
3) immigration
4) abortion/women's rights
5) climate change
6) democratic process

I'm surprised both the judiciary and debt/deficit have been so underplayed in this election cycle.

 

[WDSMHAWK]

1.) Democratic Process - Removing Gerrymandering, repealing voter suppression laws, and getting big money out of politics should be a top priority for any reasonable person.

2.) Education - Ensuring that schools are funded, teachers are well paid, college is affordable and that there is plan in place to alleviate student loan debt.

3.) Abortion Rights - The Government should have no say in restricting contraception or abortions.

4.) Climate Change - Important bit I'm skeptical if there are any changes we can realistically make.