Re: Election 2022 (Poll added)
Reply #167 –
Inflation travelling at 5.1% while many have had wage freeze during the covid period in the last two years will play some small influence on voting opinions. Fuel prices going through the roof. Even with excise reductions of 22 cents per litre. Vaccine mandates to stay employed. Serious lockdowns that have closed many small businesses down. Potentially losing the homes that keep a roof over the heads of the children in a family. Probably not the best last few years to be in government as state or federal leaders. I wouldn’t feel confident if I was the prime minister at the moment or the state leader Dan Andrews come years end. Tough gig they had over the last few years. Unfortunately one thinks he is a dictator that owns the world and does what ever suits his own agenda best. Never ever get my vote there. The other thinks, nothing is his responsibility or his job. No vote from me there either. Not form the same party. Then we look at the other sides. Why are my options limited between “no thanks and get the f@#k away from here”? Independent members don’t offer the most unless you do enough research. Who will they back depending on perks offered to them to swing votes on major issues or policies? Passing bills, and other issues? Is it a wonder that voting in an election is one of the hardest thing people can deal with. Especially because they have limited knowledge of what meets their needs first. Then they have limited knowledge of whom they need to select in any lower or upper house seat. Then trust plays a key factor. Will they deliver or have they sold me a story I wanted to hear. Where do the informal votes go? Why do we use pencils which are erasable when compared to permanent biro pens? You can’t sign formal documents with a pencil. Is it any wonder the majority of people don’t know who to vote for? Does it look like the system of voting is potentially compromised? Can people trust what they hear from potential leaders? The majority votes come from uneducated people. People which have limited knowledge of how the political leaders run budgets and run the states and the country. Maybe this is something they need to address. Politics in the educational system. It is limited. I can say it as a fact. I can only judge by what I see and hear. Bagging the opponent. Not selling policies, but selling stories about how the opposition fails to deliver what the constituents need. Constituents is a funny thing. That is what we are. Constituents is our label. Do your best to vote for what you need tomorrow. Not today. Tomorrow. Today is gone by tomorrow. My early prediction is Scomo is gone. My next prediction is that Andrews is gone in the next state election. Neither has done a great job. Neither will get my vote. Don’t vote based on my opinion. Select your own. Toss of the coin is popular. Not suggesting this is best option. Not at all. Remember that informal or silly votes will go where you least expect them to go. Good luck to us all.
Great post, great insights.