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Maybe Some People Shouldn't Vote?

Submitted by Guest on Thu, 07/31/2014 - 15:50

Hawaii Political Info introduction: HPI remembers an acquaintance telling us not too long ago that his father, an ethnic Filipino born right here in Hawaii, looked for Filipino names on his ballot and voted for them based on nothing more than that.

More than a couple of other voters have told us that they didn't like a certain candidate, so were voting for his opponent, whom they said blithely they knew nothing about.

Others have said they were voting for Mitt Romney, a fellow Mormon, whom they didn't know personally, but who they said would have the advantage of being able to pray about the nation's problems. When one of them was asked what his past record showed about the results of his prayers, she said she hadn't looked into that.

Honolulu magazine hits the streets to find out how people REALLY pick their candidates.

By Treena Shapiro

June 9, 2014

If you’re reading this, chances are you intend to be an informed voter come election day.

You might even be one of those political junkies who speculates about who the front runners are, what it would take for an underdog to pull ahead and what it means every time a new candidate steps in — or, in some cases, backs out.

We fall into that camp, making predictions based on who has the most advantages: political experience, party backing, name recognition, campaign funds, endorsements and even just plain old likability. But we always have to hedge our bets–this year in particular when there are a lot of viable candidates vying for a limited number of seats.

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