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How we Dis Interest

Maybe you've seen me write about 'voting against your interest' or talk about people's 'interest' when it comes to politics. I realized today that some of my readers might not understand what I mean when I use 'interest' this way. So today's article is about probably the most important topic I could bring up prior to an election: Voting with your interest – what it means, and how to do it. If you go to dictionary.com, you'll find that the word 'interest' has at least 15 definitions that range across a wide variety of subjects and professions. This list is hardly exhaustive, and in context of what we will be talking about briefly today, I will be using the following definition: Interest – The state of being affected by a law, political policy, or party platform that directly contributes to the advantage and/or profit of the subject. In short, your political interest is how the decisions of a politician or party furthers the things that mat...