Something I should say more often

[CoccoBill]

I'm wholly in favor of legalizing more interactions between consenting adults, where these interactions don't harm anyone else. I'd probably prioritize these in my criteria for a presidential candidate currently below the top dozen-ish.

I'm curious, did you use this same criteria in the previous election and which were the main ones that Trump was championing/has enacted?

[wufwugy]

I'm wholly in favor of legalizing more interactions between consenting adults, where these interactions don't harm anyone else. I'd probably prioritize these in my criteria for a presidential candidate currently below the top dozen-ish.

I'm curious, did you use this same criteria in the previous election and which were the main ones that Trump was championing/has enacted?

Yes I did!

Excellent question BTW.

This is my most important criteria, and I HOPE to always stay true to it, that I will always vote for a person because I believe he/she will increase what is legal between consenting adults (and with oneself). As you point out, it also must be that others are not directly harmed.

I voted Republican over Democrat because the GOP Party generally removes restrictions on commerce (interactions between consenting adults) that Democrats generally don't. And Democrats generally add restrictions that the GOP generally doesn't.

Two examples I like are two of Trump's first actions as President: ordering momentary halt of new federal regulations and policy that for every new regulation, two must be eliminated. Those are extremely hamfisted and not adequate alone, but I like the direction and intent.

In the grand scheme of things, Trump and the GOP are meager when it comes to allowing people the right to consent. I'd love to see some real competition from the Democrats on this.

My interest heightened tremendously when Yang said he's very open to legalizing psychadelics for medicinal use. That's making more things legal for consenting adults, and on a subject that I think is super important (mental health). AND it's something that Trump would never go for (but the liberty side of the GOP would).