Make an informed decision.

July 21, 2006 11:10 AM

With the days counting down to the November election, people should really start to think about who they want to vote for. Get some straight information on who's running here, and while you're at it, check to see how your senators and representatives voted on a variety of issues.
posted by triolus (16 comments total)

Also, for more information on how your congress people voted, try here.
posted by triolus at 11:17 AM on July 21, 2006

Good stuff to have in one place. Thank you.
posted by rollbiz at 11:25 AM on July 21, 2006

"check to see how your senators and representatives voted on a variety of issues."

Do I have to?
posted by MikeMc at 11:43 AM on July 21, 2006

"With the days counting down to the November election, people Americans should really start to think about who they want to vote for."

Couldn't resist. Good resources for voters and good luck in the fall, you Yanks!
posted by persona non grata at 11:52 AM on July 21, 2006

As long as Lieberman loses the primary, I'll be relatively satisfied with indecision 2006.

I'm not expecting the Dems to get a majority in either house at this point, but would absolutely love to be pleasantly suprised.
posted by empath at 11:53 AM on July 21, 2006

The first link was quite useful, but as for the histories of those in office? Don't care.

I'm voting clean sweep, against any and all incumbents. If they didn't contribute to the recent decline of the USA, they didn't do anything to stop it either.

Get 'em all out. Clean sweep!
posted by davelog at 12:01 PM on July 21, 2006

Get 'em all out. Clean sweep!

Too bad that some states aren't having any senate races this year. And in some places, the race is between a Republican and a Republican In Disguise.

And yes, I should have been more 'worldly sensitive', persona non grata... I just got lost in writing this. =)
posted by triolus at 12:13 PM on July 21, 2006

Please don't forget to find out which corporate entities actually own and control the votes of your current "representative" and find out who is financing the challengers.
An informed electorate is sooo much better than voting for whomever the preacher tells them in order to avoid going to hell.
posted by nofundy at 12:29 PM on July 21, 2006

An informed electorate is sooo much better than voting for whomever the preacher tells them in order to avoid going to hell.

If only there were as many informed electorate as church goers. :p
posted by cavalier at 12:33 PM on July 21, 2006

If the only choices are Republican and Republican-Lite, then I'll just stay home this year.

I'm pretty discouraged and pessimistic. I think the process has become irretrievably corrupted, and I don't see any way to correct it. I almost believe that voting is a pointless exercise to trick we proles into believing we have control over our own future, when the reality is it has already been decided for us.
posted by Jatayu das at 12:36 PM on July 21, 2006

Jatayu das: Republican and Republican-Lite (I like that=)) may be the only two _winning_ choices for many states, but you can always go to the polls just to vote for whatever third party is on there.

At best, you can help influence the two major parties by saying "I'm tired of your lame attitudes". At worst, you can always keep your head high when you say the system sucks. =)
posted by triolus at 12:52 PM on July 21, 2006

Anyone who is in office now, I'm voting out.
posted by Astro Zombie at 2:06 PM on July 21, 2006

but you can always go to the polls just to vote for whatever third party is on there.

You can also write-in anyone you want. The only statement you're making by staying home is that you're complacent with the status-quo and/or you're lazy.
posted by scottreynen at 2:46 PM on July 21, 2006

I can't wait for November to see what crazy technique the Republicans have cooked to disenfranchise me this time around.
posted by eustacescrubb at 5:30 PM on July 21, 2006

triolus, Thanks for posting this.

scottreyman, Thank you for saying what you did. It is important to vote. It makes a difference. It pisses me off that Americans do not vote, do nothing but complain but don't take ACTION by voting. A vote really does make a difference.
posted by nickyskye at 6:37 PM on July 21, 2006

Some more voter resources:

The League of Women Voters

Project Vote Smart

Political MoneyLine

American National Election Studies More research than solutions, but heavy on interesting data. For example: The ANES Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior

CongressMerge. Easy access to lots and lots of data. May or may not be evil, or partisan, or controlled by lizards.
posted by dejah420 at 6:32 PM on July 23, 2006