Do people vote just by name recognition on the ballot or do they vote for the issues?

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• schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Different voters vote differently. This is really testing the limits of the sub IMHO.

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  • Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    How?

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    • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      because it’s impossible to make general statements about how “people” in general vote; each voter has different motivations for voting

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• theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Every single person does eenie meenie miney moe.

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• janus2@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  In the US, a vast majority of people vote by party. They may not even know the candidates by name, and simply vote “straight ticket.”

  But I was in line to vote a few years ago and overheard someone say something like “yeah I saw more signs for This Guy than for That Guy, so I guess I’ll vote This Guy.”

  I have also heard it’s not uncommon for Americans to vote for candidates they think are more attractive, or have a name they like more.

  Basically, we’re pathologically stupid

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  • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There are enough voters who don’t vote straight-ticket that it occasionally happens that different elections with the same electorate at the same time have different parties winning. For example in 2024, voters in Nevada elected a Democrat to the Senate, but gave the state’s electoral votes to Trump

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• moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  I go to their website and look at the issues.

  I’ve encountered a lot politicians on the ballots that are very popular, but their website is trash (lacking clarity on issues) or non existent. If they don’t have the ability to find a company to make a website for a few hundred bucks with words that describes their platform, they probably are not capable of achieving anything in office.

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