diff --git a/frontend/src/views/falukant/PoliticsView.vue b/frontend/src/views/falukant/PoliticsView.vue
index d7cc6e7..2baca95 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/falukant/PoliticsView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/falukant/PoliticsView.vue
@@ -231,9 +231,12 @@ export default {
             this.loading.current = true;
             try {
                 const { data } = await apiClient.get('/api/falukant/politics/overview');
+                console.log('[PoliticsView] loadCurrentPositions - API response:', data);
+                console.log('[PoliticsView] loadCurrentPositions - ownCharacterId at load time:', this.ownCharacterId);
                 this.currentPositions = data;
+                console.log('[PoliticsView] loadCurrentPositions - Loaded', data.length, 'positions');
             } catch (err) {
-                console.error('Error loading current positions', err);
+                console.error('[PoliticsView] Error loading current positions', err);
             } finally {
                 this.loading.current = false;
             }
@@ -335,19 +338,33 @@ export default {
         async loadOwnCharacterId() {
             try {
                 const { data } = await apiClient.get('/api/falukant/info');
+                console.log('[PoliticsView] loadOwnCharacterId - API response:', data);
                 if (data.character && data.character.id) {
                     this.ownCharacterId = data.character.id;
+                    console.log('[PoliticsView] loadOwnCharacterId - Set ownCharacterId to:', this.ownCharacterId);
+                } else {
+                    console.warn('[PoliticsView] loadOwnCharacterId - No character ID found in response');
                 }
             } catch (err) {
-                console.error('Error loading own character ID', err);
+                console.error('[PoliticsView] Error loading own character ID', err);
             }
         },
 
         isOwnPosition(pos) {
+            console.log('[PoliticsView] isOwnPosition - Checking position:', {
+                posId: pos.id,
+                posCharacter: pos.character,
+                posCharacterId: pos.character?.id,
+                ownCharacterId: this.ownCharacterId,
+                match: pos.character?.id === this.ownCharacterId
+            });
             if (!this.ownCharacterId || !pos.character) {
+                console.log('[PoliticsView] isOwnPosition - Returning false (missing ownCharacterId or pos.character)');
                 return false;
             }
-            return pos.character.id === this.ownCharacterId;
+            const isMatch = pos.character.id === this.ownCharacterId;
+            console.log('[PoliticsView] isOwnPosition - Result:', isMatch);
+            return isMatch;
         },
 
         async submitApplications() {