Are Modern Political Platforms a Positive Phenomenon?
One elected politician cannot pass a law. One elected politician cannot even get a bill out of a committee! Why should a voter have any enthusiasm for candidates that cannot find another single candidate that agrees with them - on a single specific issue?
From the voters perspective, Democrat & Republican are nothing but ballot labels chosen by individual candidates. They can be based on nothing more than some image that they wish to project in a specific election district.
Voters tend to be interested in political platforms. Voters do not like to waste their votes!
One elected politician cannot pass a law. One elected politician cannot even get a bill out of a committee! Why should a voter have any enthusiasm for candidates that cannot find another single candidate that agrees with them - on a single specific issue?
From the voters perspective, Democrat & Republican are nothing but ballot labels chosen by individual candidates. They can be based on nothing more than some image that they wish to project in a specific election district.
Voters tend to be interested in political platforms. Voters do not like to waste their votes!
Do Platforms work?
Examples:
Republican Contract with America
1994 midterm elections
Result Republicans gained a majority of seats
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_from_America
The Democrat's 100 hours plan
2006 midterm elections
Result Democrats gained a majority of seats
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100-Hour_Plan
Republican Pledge to America
2010 midterm elections
Result Republicans gained a majority of seats in House
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_to_America
Politicians can now bypass the politicized mainstream media. They can distribute political platforms directly to their target audience using modern communication methods such as the Internet.
Jack
Citizen's Political Power in the U.S.
http://i-voter.tripod.com/index.htm
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