I don't know where you are, but around DC, almost all the candidate pamphlets have exactly the same priorities. You have to look at what they've said and how they've voted before, if they have, to get a real idea of what they believe.

Our last council election here in Manassas, all but two candidates made illegal immigrants and education their priorities. Even though I knew those two would also talk about illegal immigrants, I voted for them because they didn't put it on their pamphlets. They lost, of course.

Manassas is under investigation by the feds for racial bigotry and there are a lot of people who would like that damn law back in force.