How Do People Get Elected?
     by Barbara Hunter

One of the most difficult decisions a candidate must make is how to represent his or her views when asking for people's votes.  If your opponent is promising the sun, moon, and stars, with everybody else to pick up the tab, can you counter the argument by explaining that robbing Peter to pay Paul actually robs everybody?  How do you explain that the economy does not consist of "the public sector and the private sector," as though they are merely two parts of some sort of cooperative arrangement?  How do you explain that if taxes are raised, you will not be better off because no one will be better off?

It sometimes appears hopeless to try to substitute reason and logic in place of slogans, especially if your opponent has already taken title to the slogans.  Yes, the challenge is great, but it is far from hopeless, as some of our best senators and congressmen have proved.  Take heart, and make your positions known.