What if your candidate was described like the paragraph below. Would that make you more interested in voting for him/her?
It could be said also they (the reporters) had seen and heard for themselves a [candidate] who was friendly and undisguised, loyal to his party, fond of his family, a man who cared about the country and about them, who believed the business of government was their business, and who didn’t whine when he was in trouble, but kept bravely, doggedly plugging away, doing his best, his duty as he saw it, and who was glad to be among them. He wasn’t a hero, or an original thinker. His beliefs were their beliefs, their way of talking was his way of talking. He was on their side. he was one of them. If he stumbled over a phrase or a name, he would grin and try again. and they would smile with him.
Sounds pretty good to me. Go vote today.
David McCullough describing Harry Truman (farmer turned politician who never graduated from college!) in Truman (p. 664)
Musings on Faith and Psychology 
Follow-up to voting today. Gave a pity vote to someone this am. Is that weak or what. I know who is going to win the election (and I’m okay with that) but I just felt bad for the guy. He’s going to be wondering who was that 1 other vote he got…