While the policies of the party you chose ends up being the only thing that matters during election time, I still think its important to separate them from discussions of certain issues. While I understand that the purpose of the figure pointing is to help dissuade others from voting for the party who enables the issue, in my experience the people who its directed at tend to take it personally; or at least an attack aimed at them specifically. As a result the whole thing ends up being counter-intuitive.<p>I feel that it would be better to simply speak about the issues specifically and keep their relation to a party out of it until election time. Many people in the US associate with their parties almost like they do a sports team, the better way to persuade them to vote for the other side is to have them make the decision themselves after being properly informed. When they make the decision themselves we are able to circumvent this feeling that they are being attacked and has the dual benefit of allowing us to have another informed voter during the election cycle.<p>This &quot;team&quot; mentality is not exclusive to one party, I strongly suggest people belonging to both sides to be critical of their respective parties and the actions of representatives they voted for.