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ReferenceAny4836 t1_it7mpn5 wrote

It sucks how this guy is kinda the perfect gubernatorial Democratic candidate for NH, and he's getting no support because everyone just assumes Sununu has it in the bag. He took the pledge for no broad based taxes. He's a pro-choice doctor running in 2022, against an incumbent that signed abortion restrictions into law which would force women to go to Massachusetts or Vermont if they have a nonviable fetus in their womb. He's been in the Senate for many years and has actual accomplishments. He has an actual platform. He's downright moderate on guns too. I'm sure both the anti-gun and pro-gun extremists hate him, but the policies he supports have broad bipartisan support in polls. As someone that really doesn't give a shit about the gun issue one way or another, it's kinda refreshing.

The last guy was a joke. I barely even remember his name.

I dunno about anyone else, but I like going to the candidates' websites and seeing their platform in their own words. They're putting their best foot forward there. Of course it's a biased source, but then so is everything in politics. Compare https://drtomsherman.com/priorities to https://donbolduc.com/american-strength/ and tell me you can't learn anything from a candidate's website... Of course, Bolduc is a Senate candidate and Sherman is running against Sununu. Sununu has a good campaign site too. But I notice the lack of a platform. He only outlines legislation he has signed. That tells me something about a candidate. I personally dislike candidates that don't stand for anything. Others might say, well, talk is cheap, and actions are the only thing that matters, and they're not wrong. Just my personal preference to have a concrete set of positions for representatives, that can be diffed over time. It's also telling to me, when a candidate has deep pockets and their website still looks like shit. Websites are very affordable compared to the barrage of TV ads they're unleashing. It shows who they think they're representing when they can't bother paying for a functional, modern website (hint: not my generation).

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Solid_Information_66 t1_it866uw wrote

He had mu vote the second I found out he was a doctor. If this country wants to make medical issues into political issues, then we need to be electing politicians that understand medicine.

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ReferenceAny4836 t1_it8ml39 wrote

Yeah, but then there's Ben Carson (R-VA?) and Mehmet Oz (R-NJ). Sometimes doctors are good at one thing and one thing only, and when they venture outside of it, everything they touch turns to snake oil. Sherman has a track record outside of medicine, so it doesn't apply. But miss me with voting for a TV doctor peddling the same snake oil as Alex Jones.

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