My first week in Montana has been interesting. The ranch is surrounded by beautiful mountains and there are two fresh lakes where you can go swimming. The work, itself, is tedious but interesting. Last week, I was doing research on Congressional candidates running in Wisconsin against the incumbents. This week I am focusing on congressional races in Virginia. My job is simple. Find out where each candidate stands on certain issues. That includes: abortion, same-sex marriage, economy, social security, etc. My research includes looking up the candidates on Google, Facebook, and Twitter. All there websites help me figure out where they stand on those issues.
Democrats and Republicans are generally easy to look up and figure out what they are campaigning about. Independent candidates are little tougher. Some of them have websites and others don't even have a profile on Google. Also, newspaper articles or previous debates involving the candidates helps me out immensely. They will spell out their position. Once I have the information, I have to put it on a spreadsheet. If there are two or more pieces of evidence that spell out a candidate's stance on an issue, then we put a Y for yes or N for No.
Aside from the work, the lodging is nice and my room mate is a chef who cooks food for all the interns. The food is healthy and nutritious. So far its been a good week and hopefully I can keep that up.
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