Reply #122: I know I would NOT vote for a religious nut like Stephen Harper [View All]

[mudesi]

One of the things that would turn me off of a candidate would be one who bases his/her political decisions on his/her personal religious beliefs. Martin had no problem calling himself a Christian, but he also said that the separation of church and state was far more important.

Even abortion is not much of an issue here, as I have posted before. I know people who are extremely against abortion, yet who voted Liberal, while others who are pro choice who voted Conservative in the last election because they didn't like the sponsorship scandal.

I think here in Canada, we don't have a divisive and manipulative media that puts everything in the left column or the right column like the American media does. We also have invested in education for decades, which, of course, leads to more nuanced and logical people who think when they vote, instead of using their emotions when they vote.