Last week Tennessee’s early voting for the primaries started. Teresa and I haven’t yet put lots of time and research into the numerous candidates. Neither of us feel tied to either party. We’ve watched a total of one and half debates. So I took a survey to figure out who I should vote for. Check it out here. It was way more detailed than I anticipated.

What were the results?

My top candidate was Dennis Kucinich. As far as I can tell he isn’t even really a contender at this point, but he got the most green checks as far as the issues go.
Tied for second were John Edwards and Mike Huckabee. I guess that says it all right there. A democrat and a republican were tied just behind the number one choice .

I was talking with a group of guys last night about this strange outcome. Neither party and no candidate really covers all the issues that I care about. I guess I’m not alone in this predicament, but it is frustrating none the less.

Although it may not actually work out this way, I want my politics to be informed by my faith. But instead of that tying me to one party, as it seems to do with so many people in the media, it has the opposite effect on me. There are very good reasons not to vote for candidates from either party.

So do I vote for the person who has the most green checks next to the issues? Or do I decide that one issue is the most important and vote for whoever I like most there. That is what I did in the last presidential election. Now I don’t know that I made the right decision.

So who will I vote for in this primary? I haven’t decided yet. Maybe I’ll just stay uninformed and obey the survey. Or I’ll go the American Idol route and vote for the worst. How are you making your decision?