[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I believe that we generally really no nothing about candidates for political office unless we know them personally. What we get is what their campaign staff wants us to think about them or what their opponents want us to think about them and usually neither one of these is an accurate picture. We might know that one of them did a favor for someone we know, but is that really a way to determine if they will do a good job?
The one thing that we do know about them is their party affiliation. That tells me what their general ideas and attitudes are. Since we really don't know anything else about candidates, I usually vote for the one whose party affiliation is the same as mine. I know that we at least have that in common and I know that we think somewhat along the same lines.