To govern or not to govern

With the election tomorrow, I was thinking about the differences in people's mind-sets.  A lot of people seem to be staunchly one way or the other.  I'm not sure how many of us have valid (or validatable) reasons, but we seem to have opinions that steer toward one party or the other; one political philosophy or the other.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like there are two general groupings - and I know there are the in-between or outside the groups people.  But generally, it seems like people either think:

- government is the problem

or

- government is the solution

And with that basis, we either want more government influence in our lives or less.  

Just curious which side you guys fall on and why...

Anyone?