Ken Bradley asks: The Star Tribune endorsements for city council races 1 - 5 are in the paper today. http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5683176.html
I will keep my own opinion to myself about the endorsements. I am more curious about the following questions: 1) Do list members believe that news paper endorsements impact voters opinion? 2) Do organizational endorsements impact voters opinion? I post these questions with no disrespect towards news papers or organizations endorsing. I have always been curious what impact do these endorsements have on voters. BRANDT: I don't pretend any expertise on these questions, but here's a guess on newspaper editorials based on my own voting behavior. Many people come into the voting booth with an impression one way or another about the mayoral candidates and maybe their council member candidates. So I suspect that endorsements here have only marginal value, and that is mainly among people who haven't been paying attention or who are truly undecided. I suspect that they may have more weight for the down-ballot contests involving many candidates, such as the library, park and school boards. As for organizational endorsements, I suspect that they may have some marginal value, but that can be both positive and negative. Some people may vote against someone endorsed by an organization that voter considers to be extreme and opposite in ideology from the voter. Steve Brandt Kingfield REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
