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Too bad this doesn't work for pres votes.
Quite a few states came out only a few tens of thousands of votes apart last time. It's worth reading up on candidates all the way down the ballot before voting.
It’s almost impossible for many small towns to have sufficient coverage on candidates running for small offices. We’re often completely in the dark about who’s running, unless they’ve been In office already and town meetings that give us a hint about their views. Most just put wishy-washy bullshit on a Facebook page with nothing else on it when they run.
I have avoided a few bad votes by finding twitter accounts of these assholes, but it’s rare in the last couple local elections.
At least where I am, the League of Women Voters holds candidate forums for city council and school board. A no-show at these means people won't vote for you, so any credible candidate ends up on the record on at least a few key issues.
2000 election that gave us George W Bush came down to only 537 votes in one state. Assuming you believe the totals which.... Yeah. Thanks Florida. Anyways point is it was very very close.