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Index of Subjects If you are concerned with democracy in the 2011 election, visit Project Democracy: http://www.projectdemocracy.ca/ This is the successor organization to 2008's "Vote For Environment." On 15-Apr-11, at 1:47 AM, Doug Linzey wrote: > Warning: This is not strictly natural history-related, but it does > apply to most of us in an election period. > > Candidates will always ask you about your concerns. Don't tell them. > Whatever you say, they'll feed right back to you. > > Rather, tell them that in order to decide whom to vote for you have > to know what their concerns and interests are. Your own opinions are > irrelevant when it comes to judging the candidates until you know > what they really stand for. > > I have two standard questions for candidates: What are the three (or > four or five) issues ofmost concern to you in this riding? and What > are the three issues of most concern to you facing the country? Once > they've answered these questions, you can feel free to get into a > discussion about anything. > > If you want to know if a candidate is interested in the environment, > for example, you won't really know unless you ask these sorts of > questions first. If the candidate knows right off the bat that this > is your primary concern, guess what? You have an instant friend. > > One other point is that if the candidate starts to offer the party > platform or complain about the other parties, my response is, "No, > I'm familiar with your party's stand on things. What I want to know > is your own position." Likewise, if a handler tries to answer my > questions, I just say I'd prefer to hear directly from the > candidate, thank you. > > Doug Linzey
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