By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-02 20:09:43 | Updated at 2024-11-04 18:02:37
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The Moment I Decided Who to Vote For (Seven Cases)
BBC ^
Posted on 11/02/2024 12:59:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
As millions of Americans pick their next president, what is it that drives their choice as they mark the ballot paper in front of them?
We spoke to seven people about the moment they made up their mind.
Allison Mc Cullough stands in her living room while her children, a daughter and a son, play a game sitting at a table on the background. I cannot morally vote for Harris
For the most part, Allison McCullough, 43, has been a reliable vote for the Democrats.
"At the core, I lean to the left," she said.
Allison Mc Cullough stands in front of her house dressed in a doctor's uniform, blue scrubs. And as a black woman herself, Allison has, at times, been overcome by the historic nomination of Kamala Harris.
But Allison, a paediatric nurse and mother of two, will not be voting for her. Instead, in protest of the "heartbreaking" war in Gaza, she will cast her ballot for Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
Allison McCullough plays stands over a kitchen table and shows something to her daughter in a book while her son plays with toy cars.Allison McCullough sits in her living room with her son and her daughter by her side. It wasn't an easy decision. For months, Allison had gone back and forth, hoping that Harris would demand a ceasefire and fully acknowledge the damage that had been done.
But Harris has mostly stuck to the same talking points as Biden, Allison said.
"I cannot morally vote for someone who is allowing us to send millions of dollars and support somewhere where they’re actively killing women and children in the name of self defence."
SNIP
Allison knows her vote may inadvertently benefit Donald Trump.
"But I’m looking at who’s responsible for things right now," she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; kamalaharris; trump
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1 posted on 11/02/2024 12:59:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
Mixed batch but I grieve mostly for John Doty, whose criminal mother in law got deported. Too bad they didn’t hook up his criminal wife at the same time
2 posted on 11/02/2024 1:05:06 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
To: nickcarraway
The typical idiotic American voter is a product of the parallel idiocracy that they vote for.
3 posted on 11/02/2024 1:06:24 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
To: shanover
4 posted on 11/02/2024 1:09:24 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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