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After the first four years of his presidency, Obama had a shocking record of human rights violations. This was heavily publicized in the press. You must have known about it, and yet you still voted him in for a second term.

What was your rationale for doing it a second time, even when the warning signs were clearly present?

Could you or anyone else who voted Obama in for a second term answer this?

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Please stop downvoting this guy, it's a fantastic question that challenges me and others to think critically about their actions.

I'm a bit of an edge case, I just barely wasn't old enough to vote in 2008.

In 2012 I would have much preferred to vote for the Green Party. I would have preferred to vote for Ron Paul. I might have even preferred to vote for McCain if he was running.

But my idealism couldn't overcome the fact that I live in a swing state and Mitt Romney would have probably been even more devastating to the issues I care about.

I'm not happy about having my hand forced, but that's just a problem with the US two party system and that's a topic for another day.

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