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Nov. 16th, 2005 01:09 pmI voted in the advance polls today. I'm attending an all day editing workshop on Saturday, and didn't feel like getting up super early to brave the polls.
I found that I had a hard time deciding who to vote for this election day. I started out by scouring the Internet, using the Thunderbird UBC site that I mentioned in a previous post. Once I started following things, my vote for mayor was pretty easy. For the councillors, I read some articles which was enough to convince me how I felt about certain candidates. For the others, I read the profiles and picked people with a strong history of community involvement. I picked candidates who care about things that I do- (in no particular order) social issues, housing problems, the arts, access issues, the environment, safety, multiculturalism, help for people with addictions, sustainable development, women's issues, low income problems, health, education, children, native issues and lesbian and gay issues. My vote was also swayed by the number of COPE candidates who spent time canvassing and being out and about around the Drive. Votes were also swayed by things that people I know have told me about some of the candidates that they know personally.
I must admit that some of the political mudslinging around elections always pisses me off. I hate "comparative" campaigns and advertising in general, and hate how elections seem to be an excuse for politicians to attack one another. I think that's lame and petty, and it doesn't help anyone or make the candidates look very good. Unfortunately, that seems to be what happens around election time.
I found that I had a hard time deciding who to vote for this election day. I started out by scouring the Internet, using the Thunderbird UBC site that I mentioned in a previous post. Once I started following things, my vote for mayor was pretty easy. For the councillors, I read some articles which was enough to convince me how I felt about certain candidates. For the others, I read the profiles and picked people with a strong history of community involvement. I picked candidates who care about things that I do- (in no particular order) social issues, housing problems, the arts, access issues, the environment, safety, multiculturalism, help for people with addictions, sustainable development, women's issues, low income problems, health, education, children, native issues and lesbian and gay issues. My vote was also swayed by the number of COPE candidates who spent time canvassing and being out and about around the Drive. Votes were also swayed by things that people I know have told me about some of the candidates that they know personally.
I must admit that some of the political mudslinging around elections always pisses me off. I hate "comparative" campaigns and advertising in general, and hate how elections seem to be an excuse for politicians to attack one another. I think that's lame and petty, and it doesn't help anyone or make the candidates look very good. Unfortunately, that seems to be what happens around election time.
