Election 2014.....How We Choose Our Endorsements

 

The savvy, educated voter needs to do his research and understand the qualifications, education and experience for each candidate pertaining to the office he or she seeks. As well, personal character, and how a candidate responds under pressure from difficult questions that arise during campaigns should be taken into consideration as well. Thankfully the days of pulling the straight party ticket are for the most part gone. It's absurd to think that one party would put forward the best , most qualified candidate in each and every different position and office on the ballot. For many years especially here in Clark Co. straight party voting was almost the norm with the GOP a lot of times not even bothering to field a candidate for certain offices, knowing it was futile. The  Dem. primary was actually the real election.

   The BatBlog's political writer Hoosiertaxpayer having observed, participated in, and voted in, local and national politics and elections for over 40 years tries to take all the factors mentioned above in deciding who the best candidate for each office is and who he will vote for and recommend. Yes it can be subjective, but a lot of times there is a clear difference. Unfortunately many voters due to time constraints because of family, job, etc. or a polarized  to hated view of politics in general don't bother to vote or educate themselves on the candidates. There are a lot of candidates who rely and thrive on this, knowing that if they are lucky enough to win early on they can ride the benefit of name recognition into more success at the polls in the years ahead. This has been prevalent here locally for quite a time and it leads to a entitlement attitude in long time office holders who feel so comfortable that they become narcissistic. We've seen it a lot here locally, which  recent events, crimes and controversies concerning our politicians bear out.

  We can't let these old time office holders or any office holder for that matter get so comfortable that they forget they work for us and are only entitled to do just that and nothing more... work for us...There are clear choices in the upcoming election, we have tried to point out the races where there is a clear choice sheriff, prosecutor, auditor, clerk, and assessor, We have no political party agenda, merely pointing out the most qualified and capable who we think will be the best office holders and public servants...

Whatever your decision is be sure to Vote on Nov. 4