> People don't vote on things, they vote on other people. It's interesting that empirical evidence show that people rarely vote for something. More frequently

> People don't vote on things, they vote on other people. It's interesting that empirical evidence show that people rarely vote for something. More frequently, they vote against something. This explains the success of political attack ads but also opens the gate to incredibly cynical manipulation of the voting public. If people could vote against disaster, they would. As it stands, all they can do is vote against a candidate that gets portrayed as pro-disaster though media manipulation.