This morning, I was struck by how similar a point on Trump's Platform was to a point on Trudeau's Platform. With all of the slanderous accusations being thrown around I decided to go read and compare both Clinton's and Trump's official platforms, also I was going to bring in Trudeau's platform for an outside comparison.

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/

https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/
https://www.trudeaumetre.ca/

The first thing that did strike me was that many of Trump's plans are roughly the same as Trudeau's: veterans, taxes, military spending, and firearms (sort of). It is interesting that Trump and Trudeau share many common objectives. Naturally, this was meaningless until we compare Clinton's platform as the commonalities could simply be common across the entire board.

This is where I was struck by my second big observation: Hillary Clinton hasn't made any statements of action. When comparing platforms, I generally isolate the stated actions and identify where the politicians are speaking about a similar issue (common features), and where they are speaking of things their competitor is ignoring (unique features). While I can do this between Trudeau and Trump, I cannot do it with Clinton, she has no actionable statements, only goals (exception for her VA platform).

Under these conditions, it would be impossible to hold Clinton accountable to her promises, given she hasn't actually made any (officially).

This is my arm-chair political analysis, for the weekend. I strongly encourage individuals who are voting in any election to always read the official platforms of the people they are voting for.