Politics as usual

I have been noticing the volume of political advertisements for the upcoming elections that are in the media. It is amazing to me the amount of money that candidates spend to be elected. Last night while watching the news just about every ad was political in nature. Many of them back to back bashing each other. It was sort of amusing. We all know that most of the ads this close to election focus on negative information about other candidates and mostly blur the facts to try to paint a bad picture of someone else. I am sure there is some study that was completed that helps the campaign managers understand what works in a campaign of this sort and most of them just run the playbook and this is why we see the negative ads.

I would guess that most people are not well informed about candidates and their TRUE colors. I would guess that most people don't have any way to get accurate information to make a good decision when voting and frankly that scares me. Alot.

There are websites whose mission is to inform voters about the candidates in current elections. One such site is www.vote-smart.org. They claim to be a group of volunteers that do not have political affiliations. However, if you have taken Psych 101 you know that your filters will color anything you do or say. This means that the information cannot be totally objective. Also they ask candidates to take a quiz or a survey. That being said I think sites like this are the closest thing we are going to get to pure information on candidates and the service they provide is invaluable in a sea of mis-information and bashing. It is important to vote and make an informed decision based on your beliefs and what the candidate has done historically in order for us to elect people who will do our bidding. Make sure to take a look at websites like this and make decisions based on as much information as you can get your hands on.