Useful Things: Election Tools

I was a politics and media studies major, so election season is something I can get REALLY excited about. We're talking all crazy happy and talking back to the television excited. Yeah, I'm that person.

That said, I understand that parsing information in this highly charged political environment can be a pain in the tush. So, if you're still undecided, please consider visiting these websites to read up on the issues near and dear to your heart. I did my best to try to vet these resources for accuracy and bias, but I may have let a partisan one slip through. If you only look at one site, go with the first one. That is my "go to" site for elections.

http://2012election.procon.org/

http://www.ontheissues.org/default.htm

http://www.knowmycandidate.org

http://electful.com/

http://votesmart.org/

Finally, I may consider myself a politics nut, but even I am exhausted by the campaign commericals. If we took all the money spent on those ads and funneled them into programs maybe we'd get somewhere. To quote my mother, "Candidates should be given two weeks to campaign and a $500 budget." I can't argue with that.

REMEMBER to VOTE on NOVEMBER 6.