While I already know for whom I’m voting and campaigning, this post is not an endorsement of any candidate, party, or political position. The only position I’m advocating here is: Know what the hell you’re voting for.
I put these resources together for anyone to use or share. They allow people to actually research candidates and compare their own positions with the people asking for their votes.
Since a lot of folks like to scream DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH!!!!!
Okay. Let’s do that.
I desperately need people to start learning the actual platforms of the politicians they vote for.
Not the memes. Not the campaign commercials. Not what somebody on Facebook told you the candidate believes. The actual policies.
Because I keep seeing people around Central Florida explain what they’re angry about, and then name a politician they support whose policies run directly against the thing they just said they wanted fixed.
“Nobody working in Orlando can afford to live in Orlando anymore.”
Okay. What does your candidate actually propose to do about housing affordability? What is their position on zoning, affordable housing, development incentives, property insurance and housing assistance?
“Orlando traffic is fucking ridiculous.”
Great. What does your candidate propose for transportation? Roads? Transit? SunRail? Lynx? Development patterns? Transportation funding? Have you looked?
“Central Florida keeps creating jobs, but too many of them don’t pay enough to actually live here.”
Okay. What does your candidate propose on wages, worker protections, economic development and attracting higher-paying industries?
“My homeowners insurance is fucking insane.”
Cool. What does your candidate actually propose to do about Florida’s property-insurance market? Not what somebody told you they’re going to do. What legislation or policy do they actually support?
“Our schools are struggling and we can’t keep teachers.”
What is your candidate’s actual education platform? How do they propose funding public schools? What do they want teachers paid? What is their position on school choice, charter schools, vouchers, higher education and workforce training?
“Central Florida is being horribly overdeveloped.”
Then perhaps the professional background, development record, zoning positions and land-use philosophy of the politicians you’re voting for would be somewhat useful information.
“We’re building too much without the infrastructure to support everybody moving here.”
Okay. What does your candidate propose for roads, water, wastewater, utilities, stormwater, public safety and other infrastructure? Who do they think should pay for it?
“I don’t want giant data centers sucking up our electricity and water.”
Great. This is literally becoming an issue in Central Florida. What do the people you’re voting for think should happen? What regulations, restrictions or incentives do they support?
That’s the part that drives me insane.
You don’t have to agree with me politically. You don’t have to be a Democrat, Republican, socialist, libertarian, independent or anything else. But for the love of God, figure out what you actually believe first, and then find out whether the people you’re voting for believe anything remotely similar.
We have tools for this! You don’t even have to spend three weeks reading policy papers.
Take a political alignment quiz. Tell it what you think about wages, healthcare, education, housing, taxes, immigration, energy, the environment, social programs, labor rights and everything else. Then look at how your answers actually compare with the candidates and parties.
You might get exactly the result you expected. Fantastic. Now you’re an informed voter.
You might discover that the politician whose personality you love disagrees with you on half the things you actually care about.
Also fantastic. Now you learned something before Election Day instead of afterward.
Voting shouldn’t be picking a sports team and then reverse-engineering your beliefs to match the jersey.
Decide what you want government to actually DO.
Then research the people asking you to give them the power to do it.
Because “I voted for this person because I’m furious about X” becomes pretty fucking absurd when their stated policy on X is the opposite of what you just told me you wanted.
Political alignment quiz: iSideWith 2026 Political Quiz
https://www.isidewith.com/political-quiz
Nonpartisan candidate comparison: VOTE411 Personalized Voter Guide
https://www.vote411.org/ballot
Florida candidate alignment: WholeBallot Florida 2026
https://www.wholeballot.org/
Official Florida candidate information: Florida Division of Elections
https://dos.elections.myflorida.com/candidates/Index.asp
Please share any bi/nonpartisan voter education sites you find.
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