How To Judge The Candidates

May 7, 2008

No matter who you vote for - Hillary, Barack, or John McCain, I encourage you to scrutinize your own decision of why you’re voting for that person. 

Why shouldn’t you vote for that candidate?

Why should you vote for that candidate?

What is your real reason you are voting for that candidate?

How has your opinion been formed?  Are you educating yourself on their political platforms based on what the media tells you or what the candidate tells you?  The best judge of a candidate is not what someone else says but what they say.

What are the candidates actions?

How does the candidate react to tough questions?  Do they answer directly?  How genuine is their response?

How genuine does the candidate seem to you overall?

What is the history of the candidate?

What has the candidate actually accomplished?

Does the candidate speak to what your interests are?

What is the lasting impression you have of the candidate after watching them?

Is your decision influenced by what others are saying or is it your own?

Are the people whose opinions you use to compose your vote people that you feel are intelligent and trustworthy?  Do you trust these third party sources?  Do these third party sources have any alterior motives behind their opinions?

 

Ask yourself these questions when you decide who the next President will be.  I will post more on my impressions of the candidates when I feel I am properly informed on all of them.