Imagine for a moment that you are a voter in New Jersey, New York City, or Virginia who has not decided who you will support in the election in your jurisdiction next week. Yes, it’s a hard thing to imagine such indecision given the flood of annoying television ads, glossy campaign mailers, panicked text messages, and emails in your inbox. It’s enough to inspire folks to ignore it all and take a holiday from politics on Election Day.
That noted, for those who are struggling with whether to vote, it’s simple: vote. For those wrestling with who to vote for, let me offer some thoughts.
Many folks tend to vote for the usual party of their choice. That’s normal and likely reflects a person’s worldview. You can see my earlier thoughts on that from my 2 October 2025 update.
Setting aside the larger discussion of what informs a worldview, if you are struggling with your voting decision, consider the issues before us in America today.
Some politicians contend that a child should be able to select a biological sex other than the one they were born with. Moreover, the child should be able to make that decision without their parents’ consent or support. Indeed, these candidates support the involvement of doctors and other counselors in advising a minor child about their sex identity, even if the parents oppose it. Some of these politicians support the idea that parents could lose custody of their child if they do not affirm a minor’s effort to change their anatomy. If that’s not enough, some self-righteous politicians actually discredit men and women who have gone through life-changing alterations and later speak against the physical and mental harm of transgenderism that has been inflicted on them.
A related issue that may be worth considering is whether a prospective politician supports biological males elbowing their way onto a women’s sports team to compete. Denying the obvious physical advantage that biological males have over biological females, these politicians seem unconcerned with that intrusion. They ignore the Title IX federal protections for women’s sports. Indeed, they are content to turn their back on women to support men who think they are women.
It doesn’t stop there. These same transgender advocates are unconcerned while boys undress—nude—in girls’ locker rooms. You have to wonder what they say to their daughters around the dinner table.
These are serious issues, and voters must ask themselves if they really want to elect people who support these positions.
There’s more. Some running for office in America today are openly hostile to the free enterprise system. They seek to supplant it with Marxist policies that would take over whole segments of the economy while offering a vast smorgasbord of “free stuff” to voters itching for a handout. They seem oblivious to the idea that there is no such thing as “free” health care, “free” bus rides, “free” grocery stores, or “free” housing. Somebody must pay for all of those giveaways. Who? You will pay, along with the people standing in front of and behind you in line to cast a ballot.
Now, if manipulating children to change their sex or allowing a 6-foot-5-inch male to spike a volleyball into the face of a female player or permitting teenage boys to gawk at undressed girls in a locker room or irresponsibly handing out freebies is not enough, try this. Sustain a profligate healthcare program that is now bankrupting our federal budget. Gone are the days when Medicaid served as care exclusively for the needy. A failing Obamacare experiment has gobbled it up. Having unwisely extended Medicaid to the able-bodied, the massive program now costs billions more to operate than what was sold to the American public by politicians who believe that the way you fix healthcare is by destroying it.
And of course, if you are still unclear about how to choose candidates on Election Day, take a moment to consider who they have voted for or signaled support for regarding the shutdown of the federal government. Millions of federal workers, military service members, and air traffic controllers, to name a few, are going without paychecks because certain politicians are content to use them as political pawns to pursue selfish partisan objectives. Never mind that those government employees have families to feed, mortgages to pay, childcare bills, and other financial obligations that do not go away when politicians act like spoiled brats. Some of these politicians act as if closing the government is patriotic. They are scoundrels and should be ushered out of office unceremoniously. Unfortunately, most will not be. In fact, some might be rewarded with a higher office to continue tormenting us. Why? Because some voters have failed to imagine how unworthy those candidates are for public office.
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