One Issue Voters

           In local and national elections, voters vote on what they are emotional, passionate or scared about, like the candidates views on the death penalty, or woman's rights, abortion, drugs, religion, closing Guantanamo Bay Prison, ending military involvement somewhere, a union supporter, and many other local and national individual issues. Candidates feed and get elected on those passions or emotions with well chosen slogans or sound bites. 'Change You Can Believe In,' a video of a Atom bomb explosion, a candidate emerging from a tank, 'Win one for the Gypper,' all contributed to the candidate's election. Yet they said nothing of the man's qualifications or values.
Voters should elect a President and a Congress who's party is for lower taxes, smaller government, personal and leadership responsibility, strong national defense, and state's rights.
Voters must cool there individual passions in favor of the national parties interests. And if that party chooses a candidate that also reflects some voters individual heartfelt issues,  consider that a bonus.
Because one parties platform is the opposite of the other, a party of higher taxes, larger government, less personal responsibly, weak national defense, and diminished state's rights. 
Temporally setting aside individual passions in favor of the party of choice gets you where you want to be in the long run. All your singular issues must take a back seat for the greater good of the party and that includes voting for a candidate that belongs to the ex, NRA and you don't.
Is your candidate and experienced executive or legislator?
Lastly, let me say that a candidate is who he or she is surrounded by. Good executive's choose and rely on close friends and supporters in their administrations. Your vote for the candidate is a vote for all those that surround him or her. Examine them carefully, they reflect who the candidate really is, not what he or she says they are.
So it's more that just electing or rejecting candidates that are for or against the your singular passionate issue.
Think the big picture!