Get Out and Vote (for Video Games)

November 7, 2006 2:32 PM

For the United States voters out there, if you're still having trouble figuring out where to cast your support in today's midterm elections, Game Politics has assembled a handy guide highlighting video game-related track records on various senatorial, congressional, gubernatorial, and other state-level candidates currently on the ballot. Such stances are of course only relatively minor factors in a candidate's overall profile and platform, but Game Politics' summary is probably the only one-stop place to get candidate coverage of an issue unlikely to be covered by the mainstream press. At a glance, congressional and senatorial candidates who support video game or game industry legislation run the gamut from Democratic to Republican to independent, while in gubernatorial races, 80% of candidates supporting legislation are Democratic and 20% Republican.

* Hillary Clinton (D-NY): sponsor of the Family Entertainment Protection Act (FEPA)
* Joe Lieberman (I-CT): his criticism of game violence in the mid-1990Â’s led directly to the formation of the ESRB
* Rick Santorum (R-PA): backs HillaryÂ’s game initiatives, but also backs the ESRB
* George Allen (R-VA): backs the ESRB rating system
* Candidate Mike McGavick (R-WA): trying to unseat Democrat Maria Cantwell; he believes the entertainment industry will not regulate itself and wants to explore legislative solutions

Regardless of how much you take into account video game-related issues, if you're an eligible voter, get out there and exercise your franchise.

Chris Remo

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monofurioso

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November 7, 2006 2:40 PM

I'm sorry. I'm no fan of Hillary, but she still beats the alternative here in NYC. Not that she has a chance of losing...
- festivalman
  
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  November 7, 2006 3:36 PM
  
  This statement could pretty much describe the kerry/bush election.
  - theflux
    
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    November 7, 2006 3:48 PM
    
    No matter which side you were on...