Forget any serious scrutiny you may have done of exactly how your views and opinions align with which positions the respective presidential candidates have taken, now and in the past. Forget, for the moment, strategical considerations. Forget earnest assessments of who is most likely to pursue the most important issues most successfully.
Let's talk about instincts.
Instinctive responses, visceral ones, emotional ones, but also, less strongly - the way this or that guy or his/her supporters may bring a smile to your face, or a grimace. Which ones make you feel good? At the thought of which ones do you cringe?
Nobody likes to admit they make their choice largely on instinct, on gut feelings. So let's not go there. But those feelings can be powerful enough. Even if they're sometimes pretty unreasonable.
For example, when you turn towards - or away from - a candidate just because his supporters are so adorable. Or because they're so bloody annoying. The candidate cant help it, but the reaction is there anyway.
So, satisfy my curiosity and talk purely about instant reactions - no thinking! Take this supershort two-question survey. Oh, and no attacking others for their instinctive responses - they're instinctive, they're not supposed to be rational, so there's no blaming here.
[u][b]SURVEY[/b][/u]
[b]1. Thinking of [name of candidate], is your immediate reaction annoyance or enthusiasm? Pick a position between -5 (exasperated) to +5 (exhilarated)[/b]
(Answer for as many candidates as you feel like or have any particular reaction to)
[b]2. Thinking of the supporters of [name candidate], is your immediate reaction annoyance or enthusiasm? Pick a position between -5 (exasperated) to +5 (exhilarated)[/b]
(Answer for as many candidates as you feel like or have any particular reaction to)
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