I've voted democrat, republican, independent, and third party in my life time. But I would probably be labeled a moderate, and a socialist at worst. I believe in things like universal healthcare and education. I also believe that we need to start having serious talks about a "basic income" as the future gets closer, and automation starts ramping up. I'm also a huge proponent of space exploration, and think we need more unmanned and manned missions. Those are my more liberal and socialist main points.

For my less than popular opinions and possibly more "right" views; I believe in trade deals and countries working closer together. I see the TPP and the TTIP as good things for the US, which seems to be extremely unpopular right now. I believe in our military in the US. Not so much the current mission, as obviously I don't support the Iraq or Afghanistan wars, but more it's scope and role in jobs, and innovation, and the capabilities to do a lot of things other nations can not. We can project a threat of retaliation anywhere we want in the world which has brought some stability, but more importantly we can project aid. Whenever there is an earthquake, or tsunami, or other major natural disaster, we are generally there first. Not all of my tax dollars for the military are going towards bombing people. And let's be real, if the US wasn't the top military power, and say, Russia or China was, how would people feel about that? Better? Or worse? Someone has to be the most powerful, and all things considered I don't think the US has been terrible with that power. That being said, I think the DoD budget is far too high and could be better spent on things like healthcare, education, and space exploration.

All things considered, I'm open minded and try to stay away from labels, and I don't vote a specific way every time. It really depends on the current political climate and what's going on. I've voted for republicans in the past that were great people, but the current tea party trend? Donald Trump? Bobby Jindal? Ughh... no thanks. That party is a joke right now.