What are your political views?

[abaris]

Locally, I've been excited about some people I've voted for (Dave Peiser lost to Darryl Issa for Congress; fuck me. Sorry: tangent), but voting is like jury duty to me. I really don't get excited about it.

I don't know these people. Usually, if a particular candidate doesn't make a complete ass of him or herself, they're not newsworthy where I live. The locals are also not covered on the American sites and news portals I tend to visit.

Come to think of it, the last time I voted for someone was in our presidential elections in 2004 and 2010. Heinz Fischer is one of the select few politicians, who have never been involved in a major scandal and who's a mild mannered social democrat. He's also open about his agnosticism, which didn't prevent him from getting elected twice. The position isn't very powerful in my country. It's more symbolic, but the office also grants some checks and balances to make sure a government isn't going against the constitution.