So you voted, how did you balance self-interest and interest of others?

[HereSince1628]

It seems every time I vote, I find myself holding the felt tip pen while for one last time I rerun my reason for my choice, especially on things like advisory referenda.

It's surprising how often my penultimate considerations turn on my perception of how my choice would impact others.

Today it was a restricting use of transportation funds, badger care, minimum wage, corporate personhood, and elected vs appointed professional county management. Everyone of my votes was made with a belief that it was helpful or empowering to people.

[MineralMan]

1. We didn't have any ballot measures this election.

When we do, I pay special attention to those with the public's interest in mind.

[2naSalit]

2. That

is precisely how I vote, even though I do so in the privacy of my home. But I have usually considered the consequences (for good or naught) long before I receive the ballot in the mail. The point being, we're not just voting for ourselves, we are voting for the greater good whether that is the initial intent or otherwise.

Good point!! And K&R.

[emulatorloo]

3. That's the kind of responsible voting that Democrats do

Just one more thing that separates us from Republican voters. IMHO they lack empathy.

[HereSince1628]

4. Yes, I wonder if it's party specific, or other factors that shift

balance between social interest and self-interest.

[Shrike47]

5. How much does it cost to take care of your badgers? In Oregon, we don't have beaver care or

anything like that. They just have to build their own dams.

[HereSince1628]

6. It's the name of what was our medicaid program.

Since our medicaid program is being diced up I'm not sure if it's actually fair to equate the two anymore.

[rock]

7. There was no need for me to do something

to balance self-interest and interest of others. I voted all Democrat!

[HereSince1628]

8. That's very convenient

on edit...I mean that in a good way

[closeupready]

9. I voted strictly Democratic except for Carolyn Maloney's bid,

in which I wrote in Bernie Sanders. I detest Carolyn Maloney, but could never vote for the Republican.

It's a safe seat for her - if it were a tight race between the Democrat (her) and a more conservative candidate, then I would have held my nose and given her my vote.