Issueless Election 2016 - Where Are The Stories/Comparisons of Candidates?
The Democratic primary has started off with a focus on the issues, but recently as Hillary solidified her lead, the news media has begun to focus on process, polls and VP candidates. Of course, the Republican primary has been almost entirely issue-less with most of the focus on insults and the relative size of a candidate's anatomy. What is amazing is the absence of any comparisons or voter guides discussing where the candidates stand on the issues.
Sure, I can go to the non-partisan Tax Policy Center for a comparison of their tax proposals:
http://election2016.taxpolicycenter.org/
Likewise, there are some relatively unknown sites like on the issues, which really do not do a great job of organizing the information to allow a voter to easily compare candidates:
http://www.ontheissues.org/default.htm
There are some exceptions, but they also have their shortcomings. PBS's comparison is a bit simplistic, since it just focuses on 10 issues:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/tag/what-the-candidates-believe/
Likewise, the NY Times' presentation is pretty simplistic, though it is easy to skim through:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/candidates-on-the-issues.html?_r=0
Nonetheless, it is disheartening given the extreme nature of the Republican candidates that there is no real mainstream media presentation of what the candidate's stated positions are on the issues.
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