Election day is tomorrow! If you’re planning on voting, below is a bunch of information to help answer any questions you may have about the candidates. Where they stand on business issues, who told the most hilarious, soul-obliterating lies about what, who these strange, vaguely menacing plutocrats running for congress are-you know, all the standard election-day fun stuff.
Happy voting everyone! May your voting lines be short and your proctors competent!
Where the Candidates Stand on Economic Issues
From the Boston Globe. Decent chunk devoted to small-business policy here. Also, health care, free trade and labor.
Politifact and Factcheck.org
The two most popular fact-check organizations. I prefer Politifact due to its use of sad lying-Obama faces and flame-engulfed Romney lies, but despite an inequality in delightful photoshop work, both sites are pretty solid for truth-seeking. Each site is running an election-day synopsis of the worst lies of the campaign, should you feel a need to cultivate 4,000% more cynicism in your life.
Wikipedia Directory on all 2012 Senate Elections
I die a little inside every time I source Wikipedia, but this list of Senate candidates is so easy-to-use it would be a shame not to link. Click your state to see what, if any, seats are up for grabs, and then click any names you want to start learning about. Then, commence Googling until you’ve learned all you care to learn. Of similar value, the Wikipedia directory of all 2012 House seats for this election.
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MONDAY MIKE FACT: I’m already planning the iced coffee I’m going to get before voting. (I always get stressed out on election day, and because I’m 6 years old, a preemptive treat-reward successfully calms me down 100% of the time. Take that long lines and the threat of crumbling democracy!)
