# How much weight do you give endorsements?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-do-you-give-endorsements/693768>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [July 22, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-do-you-give-endorsements/693768 "2014-07-22T19:38:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-weight-do-you-give-endorsements/693768/21 "2014-07-30T11:56:05Z")

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I think the main reason endorsements don’t matter is that the person doing the endorsement doesn’t matter. If it’s a friend or someone I trust, I can be swayed, though only if their stated positions or record didn’t already clinch it for me.

BTW, I take an absentee ballot and Google every single candidate. I assume they’d rather me do that at home. No point in then going and rewriting my votes at a polling place.

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