Despite having an interest in political science, I still can't find myself getting too excited about local elections. Concrete, easy-to-find information about candidates is hard to come by unless you really dig for info, and the end result doesn't really matter since the party I typically vote for has a minority of voters here.
One of the many things that make me so apathetic about local politics? Lame political slogans. Why should I vote for you if you can't even come up with something catchy?
For example, running for Commissioner around here...on one side, we have a candidate declaring he's a "Man of Vision"--ironically, they show this slogan next to a picture of the guy wearing glasses. Trite, and unintentionally humorous--but not a slogan to get me behind the guy.
The other person running for the position declares he'll "Keep Fayette (county name) on the move." What does that mean? I was unaware we were "on the move" in the first place. We're dead-last economy wise out of all the counties in the state I believe. However, it's well known that a great number of young people looking to have an important career tend to move out of the county--is that what he means? How does that make me want to vote for him?
This isn't really a "current events" topic persay, but since this is the thread usually used for political discussions, here it goes. I'm sure you guys have some doozies of your own you've seen.