Decisions, Decisions

In the off chance that you've been living with penguins in Antarctica for the past year or so and haven't heard the news: the US is having an election in a couple of months. Now it is looking increasingly likely that we Canadians will also get the chance to exercise our democratic privileges. Hooray! Now we can show the Russians and Chinese how it's done.

But who to vote for? It's a difficult decision - all sides have their merits and their faults. Do you know where you stand on all the issues? Do you vote for the candidate, the party or the platform? So many options, only one vote.

Well, you can stop your fretting. Science is reporting that the decision may have already been made for you: by your brain. It may not have told you it's decision yet, but chances are it has already made up its... er, mind on the major issues. If this study can be generalized, then it casts a shadow over all the campaign efforts made to win over the "undecideds."

Please don't read this as an endorsement for willful ignorance on all things politics - citizens still need to educate themselves on the actual policies of the candidates/parties before they can make a decision - but it's interesting all the same.