To pick a candidate effectively, a voter must know the problems we face, have a good idea on how to fix it and pick a candidate that will do what needs to be done. That requires that they know what the situation is. Voters today are hampered by big media that distorts the news to fit their agenda. When they were debating abortion, the media bombarded us with stories of future starvation as we faced out of control population growth and a food supply that could not keep up in spite of the fact that the birthrate was in a downward spiral and was on the edge of dropping below the level needed to sustain it. In addition, advances in food production were such that farmers faced massive food storage problems in spite of shipping tons overseas to other countries, providing low income families with food stamps so they could get food free, and paying farmers to not till land to cut food production. They were piling it in fields and burning it because they had no room to store it. If you don’t understand the problem you can’t decide on a good solution. You need to go to reliable sources and look at both sides. Planned Parenthood will tell you why they believe you should support abortion and which candidates support it while Right-To-life will tell you why you should oppose it and which candidates oppose it. There are reliable organizations that publish information on other issues and some which publish the candidate’s position on a number of issues as well such as the League of Women Voters. It is important to research the issues and the candidates in order to get representatives that support your views and will carry out your will. I have researched the issues and published study courses which detail the various issues as unbiased as possible to help those seeking to make informed choices, but you need to examine both sides and make up your own mind.