There are two (or more) election candidates who come from different parties. One comes from the party which you stand on the same side of its political sight but he is useless and stupid. Another candidate comes from the party which you stand opposite to its political side but he is very helpful and intelligent. Which one do you choose?
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- http://joebangles.blog.co.uk
- 2007-11-16 @ 14:40:18
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lovefighter
- 2007-11-17 @ 03:11:30
Thank you for your comments.
Actually, the political beliefs of the intelligent candidate are totally different from mine. This is a very difficult decision for me.
By the way, is the candidate who got your vote doing a good job? -
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publicserviceradio99
- 2007-11-17 @ 00:19:55
In my opinion your vote goes to the person who you see as useless since a vote should be for party ideology, not the actions of the front man who in any democracy should be no more than the voice of the party policy, or in government public policy.
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lovefighter
- 2007-11-17 @ 03:36:01
Thank you for your comments.
The party of the helpful candidate always win the election in most regions. So it has the control in most of government's policies.
Actually another party is not stupid, but it becomes a small voice because most votes come to another one. They cannot change the results so the party seems doing nothing. -
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SpideySi
- 2007-12-07 @ 02:36:50
Hmmm. Your vote should be for party ideology and a politician "in any democracy should be no more than the voice of the party policy"?? Really?
That's quite an assertion radio99, regardless of whether it is indeed a fairly accurate description of how are demoncracy does operate in Britain...
Firstly, I should point out we don't really live in a demoncracy exactly. Stricly that is a state governed BY the people (as was the case in Athens if you don't count the slaves), not by a group on their behalf. We do live in a what is supposed to be a representative democracy. However, representative demoncracy is really defined as a state governed by representatives of the people. In a state governed by party politics few politicians are really representatives of the people. They are representatives of their party. Rather different...
Also in many representative democracies few parties win sufficient votes to claim to represent even a majority of the population resulting in a potential "tyranny of the minority".
So does that mean that your vote SHOULD be for party ideology? Do you agree entirely with any political party's ideology? I know I don't. And does that mean that your local representative should reflect the views of his party and not his constituents? -
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publicserviceradio99
- 2007-12-07 @ 12:18:16
The initial question was related to party politics, which provoked my answer. Of course I don't agree with any party's total agenda. What I was saying was individual party leaders shouldn't be what people look at when voting. You find that most tory voters are broadly in agreement with tory party politics, the same could have been said for labour up to 97.
Personally I don't only think the first past the post style of democracy we have is a sham, democracy itself is a failure. We don't vote for the people who hold real power, like the chairman of Shell, the Admiral of the Fleet etc. And why should we, the majority of people know nothing of oil, or the navy, and likewise most modern citizens are too apathetic to know about politics, and shouldn't be allowed to vote. People should have to pass a test before they can vote, because too many vote with a knee jerk to whatever the latest prejudice in the Daily Mail is. -
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lovefighter
- 2007-12-08 @ 05:33:45
I think there are no party members or election candidates know everything about economics, law, medical or military. So people would select the one who is more familiar with the aspect which they concern the most.
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Very good question, lovefighter, having always voted for the same party at the last election I had this poser, my normal party candidate was new to me, but the candidate in opposition I have known for many years, I knew that he was genuine in his beliefs, ( a little different from mine ) but that he was fair and considered all points of view.
He got my vote, he won the seat and his seat won the council for his party, only time can tell if I did the right thing.