Okay, I've been here too long. I saw this thread title 10 times this morning, and thought it said "electron woes". I finally got curious as to what electron woes might be, before realizing what the actual title was. Silly me.

I disagree Ronald; while there's definately people who vote for people based on emotional or personality appeals, I think the majority still decide based on the issues. The problem is in the way people are informed of the issues; generally defering to public opinion dished via media rather than doing much critical thinking themselves. To me, this seems more a problem in younger people my age--twenties-to-thirties.

Most older folk I talk to do have thought-out reasons why the pick whoever they pick...not always great reasons, but at least they thought their way to their own conclusions. But keep in mind, not everone's a political or economical expert, it's hard for us to form opinions based solely on facts.

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