lpetrich
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Why You Should Vote in Downticket Races - and a Neat Trick For Doing It - Greta Christina's Blog
She lists these reasons:
She then tells us how she does research on the numerous candidates at state and local levels.
She lists these reasons:
- Local elections profoundly affect your everyday life. ...
- Local elections profoundly affect other people’s everyday lives. ...
- Local and state elections are how national candidates are born. ...
- Local elections move the national party. ...
She then tells us how she does research on the numerous candidates at state and local levels.
Even if you aren't on her side on a lot of issues, you might still find that a useful shortcut.Endorsements.
In a few more words: Find some organizations you trust, whose values and positions are more or less in line with yours — and see who they endorse.
You know all that time it takes to research candidates and ballot initiatives, the time you don’t have? For many organizations, that is literally their job. They do have the time. And they have the knowledge. In many cases, they’ve actually worked with these people.
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Here’s my trick. I look at the endorsements of three or four endorsing organizations.
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I compare them. If they all agree, and I don’t personally know enough about the candidate or initiative to disagree, I do what they recommend. If they don’t agree, I look at the arguments they make for why they’re endorsing the way they are, and see who I agree with.