Find out what each candidate supports as well as what he doesn t support. Pharmacy benefits for senior citizens HMO responsibilities and liabilities Continued Medicare and Social Security funding Abortion Education, from preschool to college Mental health funding Funding health care research and education While you re learning about the candidates positions, find out how they plan to fund those positions. You can t fund everything. There is a finite amount of money available. Choices must be made.
Professional associations are good sources for information on the candidates and their positions.
Most have staff who perform detailed research on candidates, their positions, voting records, etc. You may want to look at several associations, however, as each will concentrate on the issues that directly affect that association and its members. Perhaps you re someone who believes your one vote is insignificant. It s not. Every vote counts.