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Originally Posted by Bill14564
I can't decide which is worse:
- Politicians who make campaign promises they should know they cannot keep
- Voters who believe them
- Apologists that brush aside the broken promises as "just politics"
If a candidate's words and promises mean nothing then what are we electing them on, their good looks?
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You have to vote for someone. So you come up with your own personal chart, on paper or in your head.
Mine:
What is the current situation?
What will happen if we do NOT elect someone new, based on what we already know about what the current batch has already done/not done?
Am I okay with the status quo? Yes? Then vote the incumbents back in.
No? Then vote for the other guy.
Pretty simple. The worst that can happen, is no change. The best that can happen is they keep all their promises. What will -probably- happen is at least one promise will be kept, which is an improvement over the status quo.
Never vote for a single issue. You are likely to be disappointed. Vote for the overall effect. If you feel the overall effect of the new regime will be superior to the current regime, then vote for it. If not, then vote for the current regime.