[Avodah] supporting candidates

[Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org]

while politic s is not the usual provence here , a NY special election 
raises the following  concern.   is there a general halachic or hashkafic 
principle to determine who should get ones' vote ?

should the overriding concern be what is good for    a] the jews    b] 
haredi jews   c]  the  area the representative will represent?

when does  the candidate's  personal beliefs override the actual benefit 
the frum community would have derived?

is this even a halachic question ; or  only for those who believe in 'daas 
tora'  [ in the late 20th -early 21st century sense of the meaning] ?



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