<p>If you think a question/answer should be downvoted - whatever that means to you - you should downvote it. I personally would try to stay away from voting down a question/answer purely due to <em>who</em> is posting it and would try to restrict my reasons to something inherently related to post (which I think is what you're describing) but I wouldn't deride you for doing so if you thought there was a good reason. </p>

<p>IMO, it's a waste of energy to try to understand how others vote, what is the "right way" to vote, and why vote counts may disagree with your own opinion about the quality of post. Disagreements about these things are inherently part of an anonymous voting system like this and I've yet to see a productive discussion about it on the SE network. So, do whatever you think is appropriate. Just be aware that if you downvote a person many times in a short period, those votes may be automatically reversed by the system. </p>
