Q&A

Now that the infamous mid-terms are over, I would just like to say again, I hate voting. 

To be more accurate, I don't hate participating in the process or doing my civic duty. I suspect most of us don't, and what we hate about elections is a mountain of other things. In my case, the thing I hate this year is that it is impossible to be make a sound decision about candidates because they don't actually answer the question we all have, which is: What are you actually going to do? What is your plan?

I tried researching candidates and the local paper did interviews with them. The first question ran along the lines of, "Voters are most frustrated about issue xyz. What are you going to do about it?" In every single instance, the candidate's response was, "Voters are most frustrated about issue xyz. It's a real problem and it is a priority for me to address this problem." But...address it HOW????? See, we all know it is a problem. We all know it is a priority to address. The difference between people not running for office and people running for office is that people running are supposed to have a plan. People not running, we don't have to know how to fix it. We just have to tell our government representatives that it's a problem. And if that sounds unfair, well, I'm also not raising millions of dollars because I am promising to fix it, so, well, choices.

The question wasn't, "Are you going to address it?" it was "What are you going to do about it?"

If I had a candidate for a job (or should I say when, because I have actually seen this) and I asked a question and they didn't answer it? They definitely wouldn't be getting the job.

Also, there were a couple of candidates--and not the weird "county auditor" candidates,* candidates from the main parties who were running for the state legislature--who didn't even have a website. In 2026! They didn't answer any interview questions or fill out any online profiles. Nothing. That was super weird. I'm not sure if they just didn't really care, or if they were so confident that all they had to do was say, "Hey, this is my party, so who actually cares about anything else," but help a voter out!

Anyway, the ordeal is over for another year and next time it will be a nice easy off year, where it's those local offices like county auditor or coroner or what have you. A nice little reprieve before the next bout of madness. 

*Which, why is that an elected position? An auditor make sure the audit is done, yeah? So, does anyone know why I should be deciding between a democrat or republican for that job? It's so confusing to me. Maybe there is a legit reason, but I can't figure out what it is.