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Mar 09th, 2007, 12:50pm
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What do you all think of the idea of not knowing who you are voting for at election time? All you would get is a formal policy statement from each candidate.
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Reply #1 - Mar 9th, 2007, 2:58pm
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dunno about that FD.You cant trust most of them know when you can see them what hope if they are invisable.Sorry for the broad generalization.
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Reply #2 - Mar 9th, 2007, 4:25pm
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freediver wrote on Mar 9th, 2007, 12:50pm:
What do you all think of the idea of not knowing who you are voting for at election time? All you would get is a formal policy statement from each candidate.


That won't work Freediver. When you say "formal policy statement" how in depth would that be. Obviously you need to read this..

http://ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1173182998

and

http://ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1173261822

I suppose, as you have previously written;

[url]The vast majority are not that interested.[/url]

It wouldn't really matter how in depth it was.
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Reply #3 - Mar 9th, 2007, 5:28pm
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I don't think many people care who represents their party in the electorate - as long as the party they prefer gets in - they're happy.

Besides how much do they do for you anyway - you only hear from them prior to an election - who knows what they do for the rest of the time?
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Reply #4 - Mar 9th, 2007, 6:49pm
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Another point is we don't even know what the party's stand for as they change their stance everyday. It's like in business, everyone says they have great service, what a load of crap. Tongue


You're right Mantra because people don't care enough about politics and it's easier for them just to pick a party. Don't have to use brainpower that way. Most people wouldn't know what the policies are unless it was sensationalised by the press, like GST. They might turn the tv on and hear Rudd saying that all hospitals will be doubled and free and say "gee, that sounds good I'll vote for him", but they didn't turn the tv on the next night and didn't hear Rudd say "We will invade Iran as soon as I'm elected".

*Please not Rudds comments and the use of Rudds name is only as an example.
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