Following the poll numbers
We are in the midst of a federal election. And of course there are polling results. You see an election all by itself has no interest for people. The results are future based and the results are tenuous at best. We go in Canada to great lengths to keep a party structure alive. And yes I have railed against that whole idea many times. Here is the term that counts. The whip. That is the person who is tasked we’re keeping party members on task. What does that mean. It is an attempt to make sure that any given member of a party votes with the goals of the party itself. Blatantly undemocratic. As we move along through this campaign the polling results are all that there is for the news to report. Keep in mind that all politics is local. What your elected representative does your views is supposed to reflect. Even if you have never met that person or even had so much as a visit from their friends. With enough news coverage you can develop an idea of what might happen take power if a given group of people. Again not exactly what I understand by the terms of democracy and freedom of thought. We’re only halfway through the current campaign and already patterns are beginning to emerge. Humans love the idea of patterns. It allows our tiny animalistic brains to keep ourselves pointed in the direction of a goal. In the absence of a whip of course. I try to believe that I am reasonably informed about issues. Until I am not. I learn new details every day which is the point I guess. If you drive by my house there is no sign out front telling you how I might vote. Some of the older members of the community can tell you how my grand father voted but not me. Therein lies the pleasure of politics. Trying to keep the others guessing. If I lived in a country where the votes are commonly miscounted I would worry but in Canada that is not the case. When the numbers are finally posted the day after the elections they will probably mirror closely but the polls have been telling us. It keeps me intrigued because I look for the failure rather than the success. Glass half full or glass half empty.
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