TWO THINGS PRESIDENTIAL VOTING IS NOT
by Brandon Clay on October 5, 2020
Presidential Voting Is NOT Voting for a Pastor
In the United States, we live in a Constitutional republic where presidential candidates must be natural-born citizens, at least 35 years old, and residents of the nations for the past 14 years (see Article 2 of the US Constitution). The Constitution does not require the same kind of qualifications as Christians would of pastors. The president was never expected to be the country's pastor while running the Executive branch of government. The president is elected to be the president. That's it.
Presidential Voting Is NOT Voting for a Messiah
There are two reasons this is important. For one, some place an inordinate measure of hope on their presidential candidate. Whoever wins the presidency will never measure up to the standard of our true Messiah. They will disappoint us in many ways, because they bear the same post-fall curse (Genesis 3:14–19). A second reason this is important is to temper our expectations of any president. We are not electing a perfect person, with a perfect record, and a perfect hope for the future of our country. To think otherwise is to have a distorted view of reality. We live in a fallen world with fallen candidates. We should remember we are not trying to elect a messiah when we elect a president.
Voting IS a Preference of One Set of Policies
If presidential voting is not electing a pastor or a messiah, what exactly is it? Voting is the act of preferring one candidate's policies and the expectation they will enact them to the other candidate's policies and abilities. That's it. This does not discount the element of character because that may affect the candidate's abilities to enact policy.
What About Third-Party Voting or Abstaining?
A. I prefer Donald Trump be President, rather than Joe Biden.
B. I prefer Joe Biden be
President, rather than Donald Trump.
C. Whatever everybody else
decides is OK with me.
That’s it. Those are the
choices. All strategies other than a preference for Trump over Biden or
vice-versa reduce to Option C.… The system is set up so that every choice other
than ‘R’ or ‘D’ boils down to “I defer to the judgment of my fellow citizens.”
So, if you want your voice to be heard, VOTE!!!
