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[Grace Cangialosi]

Roger, I’ve never heard of being able to vote for a whole slate with one button, but maybe some states have that.
Thankfully, our big elections are staggered, i.e, we don’t vote for governor in the same year as president; senate terms are six years, etc.

> On Sep 8, 2018, at 3:41 PM, Roger Stokes via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 08/09/2018 15:43, Judy Fleener wrote:
>> makes me weep.  I had a talk with a son yesterday about politics, asking
>> him to vote a straight ticket, which you cannot do in Michigan.  He peplied
>> by saying " I don't want to be a socialist."  Where did I go wrong?
> 
> My understanding of Democratic Party policies is that they are very far from socialist in the European. let alone the Communist, sense. If they were then you would have had Medicare for all by now, decent transport infrastructure and a properly funded public education system. The appropriate answer might have been "Do you think government should be for the public good or enrich those who already have more than enough?"
> 
> I assume that being unable to vote a straight ticket in Michigan means that you can't go the machine, select D or R, push the button and you have voted for all the candidates who have the chose party affiliation. Given how many positions you vote for in the USA I can see some sense in blocking that simple exercise. It may be that you prefer the policies of one candidate for, say, Governor but prefer the other party's policies for the city council.
> 
> Roger, who is very thankful not to have to vote for so many offices at the same time.