{"id":6728,"date":"2012-11-06T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/?p=6728"},"modified":"2016-02-22T22:00:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T03:00:17","slug":"election-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/2012\/election-myths\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Myths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/110612_0622_ElectionMyt1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the United States it is Election Day today. Robert Evans, Kristi Harrison, Jim Avery, and Jared Whitley dispelled some of the most popular myths about American elections. Highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It matters who you vote for. Studies suggest that candidates keep 75% of the promises they make. Your vote is your voice about which promises you would like to see fulfilled.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s not all about the swing voters. In fact, swing voters aren&#8217;t really who the candidates are targeting. Instead, it&#8217;s about the candidates convincing their own base to come out on Election Day to give their vote.<\/li>\n<li>Money does not rule the election. While the amount of money spent in this election is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centives.net\/S\/2012\/the-economics-of-presidential-campaigns\/\">eye-opening<\/a>, this money is going towards advertizements that help to create a better informed electorate. The auto industry will spend far more this year, trying to court your dollars in exchange for one of their cars. We should hope that candidates spend a comparable amount courting your vote.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s not all about the gaffes. This election will <strong>not<\/strong> be determined by the person who made the biggest slipup \u2013 studies suggest that they don&#8217;t matter. Informed people, voting for meaningful reasons will decide the individual who will become the next President of the United States.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So if you&#8217;re eligible, go vote! And then read the rest of the article which covers several other election myths with Cracked&#8217;s signature mix of excellent writing, well researched information, and touches of humour over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/article_20134_8-election-myths-you-probably-believe.html?wa_user1=2&amp;wa_user2=Weird+World&amp;wa_user3=article&amp;wa_user4=feature_module\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/article_20134_8-election-myths-you-probably-believe.html?wa_user1=2&amp;wa_user2=Weird+World&amp;wa_user3=article&amp;wa_user4=feature_module\">Cracked<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the United States it is Election Day today. Robert Evans, Kristi Harrison, Jim Avery, and Jared Whitley dispelled some of the most popular myths about American elections. Highlights include: It matters who you vote for. Studies suggest that candidates keep 75% of the promises they make. Your vote is your voice about which promises [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[78],"class_list":["post-6728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-bulletin","tag-american-elections"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/110612_0622_ElectionMyt1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6728"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13708,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728\/revisions\/13708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}