@menelion
Just kinda thinking now, and maybe babbling, but...
The problem with us people, OK, one of the problems, is that we're tribal.
So people get in this rut of being Labour, Republican or Conservative, because their dad and his dad...
No thought in it.
Same for Democrats or Greens, of course.
Me. I was raised as a nothing but a man u supporter ;-)
No politics, no religion.
So, when I'm talking about politics, I'm normally speaking to policy and ideas. I don't care which political camp they came from, so long as they're practical - or not.
About a particular candidate for something or other, that is different, yes. I've forgotten which country you are in, so I can't give an example of that just at the moment.