[amanaplanacanal]

Electoral politics in the US is pretty bad. Maybe it's the same everywhere, I don't know.

We just had the primary where I live last month. Along with that were several local nonpartisan elections: school board, Mayor, City council, etc. It's almost impossible to determine what the candidates actually want to do once elected. It's all buzzwords, and the most bland garbage statements.

What does "we need to deal with the homelessness crisis" mean? Does it mean we need to round up the homeless and ship them out of town, or does it mean we need to make it easier to build more homes? Or does it mean "once I'm elected I'll start studying it"? No way to tell from what the candidates say.

I'd love to find out what candidates actually think about the various issues, and what they plan to do once in office, but party affiliation is pretty much all we have most of the time.