¶ … Campaign War
With the campaign practices that are seen today, the average voter is not really getting enough good information about which candidate is the most qualified or the best person for the job. Most of the campaign promises that are being offered by the candidates are not promises that they are going to keep. Additionally, some of the candidates actually do lie about things that have happened in the past or things they have said in the past - and then they make excuses when they are "caught." That is something that almost all people do, because everyone exaggerates to an extent. But when candidates make serious exaggerations it can be difficult for the voters to put any trust in the other things that candidate says. That can be true even if the exaggeration was about something totally unrelated and even if the candidate did not lie or exaggerate when talking about anything else.
Currently, the campaign practices of most candidates are also focus on "slamming" the other candidate and talking about what the opponent has done wrong in his or her career. That has been taking place in campaign ads for a long time, but it has never been as serious and significant as it has been in recent years, when individuals who are running for virtually any office spend thousands of dollars trying to discredit their opponents and not enough time and money on what they can offer to the community. Through discrediting others, the candidate does not really provide any valuable information about himself or herself. Instead of focusing on the other...
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