It's sad that nobody is talking about policies

The vast majority of this election cycle isn't "I like X's plan to fix Y", or "I don't like A's plan to do B". It's all "Lyin' X", or "A is involved in scandal B".

When do we start looking at actual plans and policies at a National level? Hopefully the upcoming debates will focus on some of that, but I'm not holding my breath.

For me and my family, I don't care who had an affair, who doesn't like who, who is accused (but not convicted... this applies to both parties). I care about what the plans that affect the country are, and how that might affect me.

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It's sad that nobody is talking about policies

You don't need to wait for debates. The information is there, on each candidates website. And many other sites.

I have never been one to follow the drama. I like to know what the person wants to do for the country. If you do the research, you can see the stark contrast in the choice this November.

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It's sad that nobody is talking about policies

Well Trump doesn't have any so we can just discuss Hillary.

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Where do they stand on minimum wage? Equal pay? I have read some articles but not sure if hose were facts

Where do they stand on common core.

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I agree; it's very sad. Most comments that I see--here and elsewhere--are just about why the other side is bad, or the comments just unequivocally state that their opinion is correct without providing any support. I feel that is often the case with elections, but it is especially bad this time around.

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I figure this is a great way to just get the stances

So I'll ask more

Where do they stand in regards to healthcare

The environment

Gun control

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This is a good site:

http://2016election.procon.org/view.source-summary-chart.php

You can then click on each issue and see what they said about it.

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I honestly think people just don't really want to be informed because it takes work to try and read up on and understand a lot of the true issues. Honestly, in my circle of family and friends (well, not my closest but those more distant to me) they are just lazy and don't care or don't want to know the issues. They just form opinions on anything else like appearance and speeches or they pinpoint the one or two issues that are easy to grasp (like for or against abortion). They're not looking into immigration policies or even the extent of education that they should... there are 100's of issues and policies, but maybe 10 good main topics (like education, immigration, military, social issues, health/medical issues, economic factors, other financial matters, technology, gun policies, environmental issues, etc.) and i bet a lot of people honestly don't realize what that actually entails or care enough about it to have a legitimate voice. You don't need to be informed to vote and I think that is sad. Everyone should need to take a course or something on the issues and figure out what side they are on first before showing up at the polls.