Whom would Jesus vote for?

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Regarding civic leadership, whom would Our Lord have voted for?
 
Would He even have voted? Would not that be an inversion of authority? He’s the King of kings and Lord of lords. He is the source of authority (see Romans 13:1-7; John 19:10-11). And as St. Augustine pointed out, merit is not a consideration as to whom He grants authority:

“He Who gave dominion to Marius, gave it also to Caesar, He Who gave it to Augustus, gave it also to Nero, He Who gave it to Vespasian, father or son, most benign emperors, gave it also to the most cruel Domitian; and that it may not be necessary to recount every instance, He Who gave it to Constantine the Christian gave it also to Julian the Apostate.”
 
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This is completely hypothetical so I think he would be a candidate and would vote for himself. I don’t see him voting for any particular party.
 
Every authority has been given by his Father in heaven, God the father. No need to vote.

Could also be why he chose to come to a time and place where democracy did not exist
 
Our Catholic faith calls us to protect the most vulnerable in society. At over 850,000 innocent babies aborted each year, I would think our Lord would vote for the Pro-Life candidate (or on the other hand, He could perform the wonderful miracle of every parent wanting and loving their own child). Our priests attest to this, our Bishops attest to this, our Popes (past and present) attest to this but sadly there are many in the Church who don’t listen.
 
The Bible quote Jesus “My kingdom is not of this world”, so I don’t think that any of the earthly candidates would get his support
 
Maybe he’d vote like me. Pick the independent candidate. Where I live they’re never going to win, I’ve fulfilled my democratic obligations, and I don’t have to live with knowing I supported whichever moron does get elected.
 
Well, at the time the candidates for Lord were 1) Caesar Tiberias, 2) King Herod Antipas, 3) Pontius Pilate, 4) Jesus Christ. I think he went with Christ.
 
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Jesus would not vote. He is King. Kings and elections can’t be mixed.
Whoever is in charge in the world as a reslut of voting can be prayed for that he or she rules in a manner pleasing to God.
 
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Would He even have voted? Would not that be an inversion of authority? He’s the King of kings and Lord of lords. He is the source of authority (see Romans 13:1-7; John 19:10-11)
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Inversion of authority? Did not the Son of God not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. If there was any inversion of authority, it was the ‘scandal’ of the Incarnation; God literally emptying and humbling Himself to set an example for us. Did not the Eternal Word of God incarnate Himself to the point of subjecting Himself to his human parents, both created by the Him?

Moreover, what did Our Blessed Lord do when He (‘the source of authority’) was asked about paying the temple tax? Not only did he command Saint Peter to pay, but the ‘source of authority’ paid it for both of them! This was done, again, to set an example and not to offend. Did not Our Lord exhort his followers to give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, regardless of whom Caesar’s authority came from?

Would Our Lord vote for civic leadership? Perhaps no one really knows. But, I would have to disagree with you in that He wouldn’t vote solely because He is King of the universe. Could you imagine the offense that would be caused if Our Lord publicly manifested a sense of political apathy by not voting? 🤔🙂
 
Being King of kings, Jesus didn’t have to pay that tax–He only did so voluntarily as to avoid unneeded offense from others.

St. John Chrysostom explains in his homily on this passage:
And what He says is like this, “I am indeed free from paying tribute. For if the kings of the earth take it not of their sons, but of their subjects; much more ought I to be freed from this demand, I who am Son, not of an earthly king, but of the King of Heaven, and myself a King.”
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See how He neither declines the tribute, nor simply commands to pay it, but having first proved Himself not liable to it, then He gives it: the one to save the people, the other, those around Him, from offense. For He gives it not at all as a debt, but as doing the best for their weakness. Elsewhere, however, He despises the offense, when He was discoursing of meats (Matthew 15:11), teaching us to know at what seasons we ought to consider them that are offended, and at what to disregard them.
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http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/200158.htm
 
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Jesus would not vote because a King does not vote. Others have made this point. But there’s a second reason He would not vote. So-called “democracy” as we know it now is a system in which everybody is dependent on information streams (the “media”) controlled by powerful, largely hidden forces. Modern man depends on these “media” in order to form an “opinion” before he casts his vote, yet the fact that he can cast a vote gives him the feeling that the system is more or less “fair”. This deceiving setup is an ideal tool for the forces of evil to manipulate man, confuse him, and direct him away from his true calling (which is to work his salvation), all the while giving him the feeling that “life ain’t too bad”. Surely Christ would not implicitly endorse this extremely treacherous system by participating in it in the form of casting a vote for one party or another.
 
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Luke 4:6-7

The devil said to him, “I shall give to you all this power and their glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I may give it to whomever I wish. All this will be yours, if you worship me.”
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We see this every day. In the US, it is both major parties, the President, and we might as well include television, film, and internet media, and the lords of commerce and finance.
 
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If you’re talking about the US, he wouldn’t vote, he would leave the country.
 
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Being King of kings, Jesus didn’t have to pay that tax–He only did so voluntarily as to avoid unneeded offense from others
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Exactly! Being King of kings, Jesus would not have to vote either. However, he would most likely to do so as to avoid unneeded offense from others.
 
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Exactly! Being King of kings, Jesus would not have to vote either. However, he would most likely to do so as to avoid unneeded offense from others.
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Does not voting cause offense among many people? Pennsylvania just has one general election day each year, but more than half the time the elections are uncontested- 1 candidate only. In 2017, there were no contested races here, and this week just two for Gov and Senator- the congress, and state legislature jobs only had a single candidate.

So half the time there is no point in going to the polls.
 
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