The 2010 midterm election season has presented voters with partisan bickering, negative television ads and a variety of new, up-and-coming candidates trying to uproot the foundations of the established electorate.
It is exactly the type of midterm election which reminds us of the partisanship which President Barack Obama so famously championed against while campaigning in 2008.
In California, voters are faced with two gubernatorial candidates whose drastically different backgrounds are only a sample of the radical politicking 2010 has served up.
Meg Whitman is a billionaire with zero experience in politics but an impressive resume in the private sector, while Jerry Brown has decades of experience within the very political arena that has so many current voters upset.
Add to that a series of ballot initiatives that are contradictory (Proposition 20 and Proposition 27) and which would set California back as a leader in progressive environmental issues and cannabis legislation.
There’s no shortage of polarizing issues, that’s for sure. This editorial board has reviewed the propositions on the ballot which we believe are most relevant to readers. We have also combed through the candidates’ respective platforms, seeking information on their respective agendas in regards to higher education.
Our hope is that readers will use this as a starting point in their research. Come Nov. 2, we urge voters to go to the polls and vote.
With so many important issues on the ballot and an array of candidates each seeking office, many for the first time, let’s make sure education remains a top priority on every candidate’s agenda.