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If you could only choose one characteristic for a presidential candidate, what would it be?

By Filings on Thu, 09/14/23
Society & Culture
Electoral Ethics
U.S. Presidents
Character

“Of the 698 who responded to the poll, slightly over half (50.1%) voted for ‘Good policies’; 38.7% voted for ‘Integrity/character’; 10% voted for Backbone; and only 1.3 % voted for Unifier.” - Michael Brown

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Dan Miller

NewMy first thought was: clean…

Thu, 09/14/23

My first thought was:

clean out the swamp.

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josh p

NewInactivity. Coolidge was…

Thu, 09/14/23

Inactivity. Coolidge was great in this way.

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dcbii

NewChoices...

Fri, 09/15/23

I think I’d split the difference between integrity/character and backbone and say: principled. Hard to do in one word though. Maybe in German (which can have really long compound nouns), and if they had a word for “principled realist.” Maybe they do and I’m just not thinking of it.

Dave Barnhart

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dgszweda

NewI would choose statesmanship…

Fri, 09/15/23

I would choose statesmanship. That is what is really missing in todays world.

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