# How Much Research Do You Do Before Voting?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 23, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-research-do-you-do-before-voting/923721 "2020-10-23T20:28:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-research-do-you-do-before-voting/923721/28 "2020-10-25T18:22:03Z")

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As I said in [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-a-voters-guide-pamphlet/923511), I start with the Voters’ Guide. From there, I tend to look at the newspaper endorsements for more information.  
The parties tend to be pretty weak here (as compared to some parts of the country) and a lot of the local offices are non-partisan, so just voting “straight ticket” would leave a lot of my ballot unmarked.

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