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Satirical Guide to Researching Local Political Candidates

By

The Onion Staff

2mo ago· 1 min readen

Summary

The Onion provides satirical advice for researching local political candidates, including suggestions like learning your town's name, deciding how important informed voting is to you, ensuring candidates' conflicts of interest align with your own, watching local TV news to understand Sinclair's perspective, blackmailing candidates to test their reactions to political pressure, and understanding that a mayor is essentially a smaller president.

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First, learn the name of the town or city you live in, and ideally the state as well.
Ensure your preferred candidate's conflicts of interest are aligned with your own.
Watch your local TV news station to find out what Sinclair thinks.
Blackmail each candidate to see how they react to real-world political pressures.
If you're confused, a mayor is a president but smaller.
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Voting in local elections is key to democracy. The Onion shares tips for researching candidates on the ballot in your community.  First, learn the name of the town or city you live in, and ideally the state as well. Decide exactly how important it is to y

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