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Minnesota

question everything

(50,921 posts) Mon Aug 25, 2025, 12:02 AM Aug 25

I don't understand why endorsement is so important [View all]

Why can’t voters go to the polls, or mail their ballots and cast their votes for their preferred candidates.

Why can’t voters do their homework to study where their candidates stand on issues that are important to them. Or to compromise on other issues. I think that party endorsements are making disservice to voters.

In 2022 the DFL endorsed Mary Moriarty for county attorney and many thought that her opponent, Martha Holton Dimick was a Republican.

Endorsements can be nice but should not be sole guidance for voters on how to cast their votes.

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I don't understand why endorsement is so important [View all] question everything Aug 25 OP

Because the majority of Americans can't think Keepthesoulalive Aug 25 #1

They arent that important. Maybe at one point they were when voters' access to information was much less... Mark.b2 Aug 25 #2

In this case - Minnesota Mayoral elections - it is the party endorsement that was bestowed and then retracted question everything Aug 25 #3

New Jersey JustAnotherGen Aug 25 #4

. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 25 #5

I am just going to say it. OldBaldy1701E Aug 25 #6