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In reply to the discussion: Stop!!! You must vote for the Lady from Goldman Sachs! [View all]MineralMan
(146,284 posts)presidential elections. It can't be ignored. Now, if every voter took the time to research candidates and learn their positions on everything, that might not be the case, but they don't. The presidential election is the only one voted on by people everywhere and in ever state. It's our only national election, despite the electoral college aspect.
That's why I pay much less attention to that election than I do to state and federal legislative races. That's why my electoral activism is focused on races in my districts and state. The presidential election is a completely different thing, and is an election where I have approximately zero effect on the results.
As a national election, it has a completely different set of things that affect the outcome. And name recognition is one of those.