During Presidential Election Cycles, have we as a nation become more emotional and less logical in our thinking towards picking a candidate?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 11:01:43 -0400

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 28 at 2016 11:02 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 11:02:20 -0400

To say the least!

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 28 at 2016 11:03 AM

Capt Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 11:03:58 -0400

Yes

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Aug 28 at 2016 11:19 AM

CAPT Kevin B. — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 11:19:36 -0400

I'd say more exhausted.

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Aug 28 at 2016 11:23 AM

CPT Jack Durish — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 11:23:18 -0400

Human decision making is neither wholly logical or emotional. I believe that the choice of for whom we will cast our ballots is still more logical. However, we can become emotional when we fear that our fellow citizens are using a rational far removed from our own. No election in recent times has demonstrated this more than the current one. We have two vastly unpopular, unsuited candidates and it's easy to disagree over which negative you fear the most.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 28 at 2016 11:43 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 11:43:29 -0400

I blame it on the party primaries and state laws subverting the constitutional method of selecting the president through the electoral college process. The founders intended for us to ONLY vote for unbound electors in November to represent us in the electoral college process to select the best president based on values and policy not personality and talking points. The party primaries have subverted this by making their primary candidates pre approved in November before the constitutional process even begins.

Response by Sgt Ramon Nacanaynay made Aug 28 at 2016 12:01 PM

Sgt Ramon Nacanaynay — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 12:01:02 -0400

Yep, more emotional and less logical. Easily swayed by the media they hear.

Response by SFC George Smith made Aug 28 at 2016 12:44 PM

SFC George Smith — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 12:44:23 -0400

Biggest Problem , is in the Last 25 Years the Liberal Media Has been Picking and serving US the Morons they want, US to Vote for...

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 28 at 2016 1:30 PM

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 13:30:04 -0400

I'm perfectly logical. Everyone else is being emotional. Unless of course if they've reached the same conclusion as me, then they too are logical and not given to emotion.

Response by Maj Marty Hogan made Aug 28 at 2016 7:20 PM

Maj Marty Hogan — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 19:20:29 -0400

I think we go with who can be nastier and come out cleaner in the. The politics are more emotionally charged as they seem to center on the divisions between culture, race, religion, and party. I believe we were discussing earlier the point about issues- what ever happened to them? When things get a little to far one way or the other- race card- racists- doesn't care about middle class- etc. Then the emotion comes in- and informed or mis-informed the seed is planted. Low info voters won't go find or know how to find the correct answers.

Response by SCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 28 at 2016 11:02 PM

SCPO Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 23:02:38 -0400

The 2008 and 2012 elections prove the former. The 2016 election establishes unheard of lows in rational thought processes connected with the primaries and general campaigns.

Response by Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 29 at 2016 1:58 PM

Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 13:58:58 -0400

Pretty much