Honesty should be the number one virtue we look for in a politician.
Two, for my colleagues who are still out there circulating petitions and knocking on endless doors – let’s treat the voters as if they are the intelligent, understanding human beings that they are. Let’s stop checking the boxes for the voters and start running on how we are going to improve the world for our children, and our children’s children. Let’s win elections based on ideas and not on the fact that we are middle class, relatively good looking, white men, with 2.
Finally, voters demand more. Hold our feet to the fire and get the answers you need to hear. Don’t allow rhetoric to pass as ideas. Accept when a politician says, “I don’t know, I’ve never considered that,” and make them circle back with an answer after they have had time to think. But, at the end of the day remember that those who are public servants are flawed humans not much different from those who join you around your holiday tables.
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Matthew Dowling is a husband and father who resides in Uniontown, Pennsylvania where he served as a State Representative for six years and currently hosts the podcast, Commonalities, on WMBS radio. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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