The tactics on both sides are appalling - including David Cameron's frankly insulting 'thinkpiece' (massive free NO ad) in the Evening Standard.
The problem is that voting systems are seen, rightly or wrongly, as a dry intellectual issue, and most political campaigners seem to believe that even relatively simple statistics would be totally lost on 'the man in the street'. So the tactic is to look for an emotional 'in'.
The problem is that voting systems are seen, rightly or wrongly, as a dry intellectual issue,
It's an intellectual issue, but not a dry one -- it's vitally important. The voting system determines who gets elected, which in turn determines all the other systems, so it's one system to rule them all.
political campaigners seem to believe that even relatively simple statistics would be totally lost on 'the man in the street'. So the tactic is to look for an emotional 'in'.
Indeed. I do think both campaigns are targetted at people who're too lazy to think. Maybe they're underestimating the British people. Or maybe not.
The problem is that voting systems are seen, rightly or wrongly, as a dry intellectual issue, and most political campaigners seem to believe that even relatively simple statistics would be totally lost on 'the man in the street'. So the tactic is to look for an emotional 'in'.
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It's an intellectual issue, but not a dry one -- it's vitally important. The voting system determines who gets elected, which in turn determines all the other systems, so it's one system to rule them all.
political campaigners seem to believe that even relatively simple statistics would be totally lost on 'the man in the street'. So the tactic is to look for an emotional 'in'.
Indeed. I do think both campaigns are targetted at people who're too lazy to think. Maybe they're underestimating the British people. Or maybe not.
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