What is your problem? Is it your problem? My problem? Their problem? Who is messing this country up? Republicans? Democrats? Third party candidates? Russia? What is the problem???

It’s very easy to make big, blanket statements about why we have seemingly unmovable problems in this country. It’s easy to say one candidate is better on an issue, immigration or global warming, than another but the most important thing is this –

The problem must be clearly defined and the answer is more than a quip or even a paragraph.

If someone you know says they vote for a candidate because they are better on the economy, ask them why they think so. Can they give a fairly detailed answer? Could you? If not, it isn’t possible to vote based on your current opinion.

There are some things that each candidate will be better or worse on concerning the economy. What you are looking for is their economic policy. What is the position and policies each candidate will implement to hold the economy (or any other issue) steady and stable? What are the values of each of the platforms? What do other reliable, informed sources have to say about the content of the platform, not just how the other guy is bad. How do they respond to criticisms made regarding their policies?

Where will you find reliable facts about the economy? Check the least biased news sources you can find. The one with the least advertisers is PBS or NPR. This news program also is the least sensational of all the sources. Even though New York Times and Wall Street Journal are mainstream both are fairly biased, but you can look for the facts in the article and practice ignoring the slant left or right.

By gathering this information, you’ll be an informed voter and then your vote counts.