<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">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 ?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">should the overriding concern be what
is good for a] the jews b] haredi jews
c] the area the representative will represent?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">when does the candidate's personal
beliefs override the actual benefit the frum community would have
derived?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">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] ?</font>
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