Records: how each candidate has voted on each of the various issues facing America; can also include what either candidate has done in response to each issue (ex: sponsoring legislation, raising awareness, etc)
Rhetoric: what each of the candidates have said on each of the various issues facing America, especially those five-second soundbites that show up on the evening news
Now, in an ideal world, each person of voting age would not only be registered to vote but would be avid in researching not just what the media has said each candidate has said but would also find out how each candidate has voted on the issues.
As young voters, we all have a lot on our plate. We go to school, we play sports, we have jobs, we have social lives. We don't have time to sit at home, pouring through senate records to determine who has voted for what and whether the candidate is really walking their talk.
It's hard to tell who's walking the talk and who's flip-flopping.
Obviously, in the interest of shameless self-promotion, we'd like you to turn to The Virgin Vote for your updates and analysis on the 2008 presidential race, but we also know that you can't get all your news from one place.
Good luck on filtering through the rhetoric and happy voting, Virgin Voters!
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