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Aneirin -> RE: The US congress refuses to represent the people in an honorable way. (1/21/2010 2:20:29 AM)
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And that is what it is all about, this voting one way or another, keep your allegiance to a party, and will the change people seek happen, I doubt it. Change will only happen when the powerful notice it would be a good idea to actually listen to the voter and act the way the voter wishes and this can be done by dropping this neo tribal allegiance, this notion that one should always vote for a certain party, erode their power then they will listen and more importantly, act to keep their position.
It is said that it is the floating or swing voter that is the primary target of the political parties, as it is they that can swing an election, the parties have their loyal followers, they can more or less guarantee a certain number of votes from those who outright support them no matter what their agenda is, the allegiance thing I mentioned earlier. If the majority of voters became swing voters, i.e., voters with no allegiance, the change we all talk about and seem to want, might actually go some way to happen.
You have to ask yourself something, what have you got in the US, democrat and republican basically, the two major contenders, both of which have been in power, so they have a track record, ask yourself, did your party achieve what you wanted when they held power,if not, well if you seek something else, why hold an allegiance to something that does not represent your views. It is the same here, it is either Labour red, or Conservative blue, they alternate with who holds power, but the reality is, they are more or less the same. We have the allegiance thing too, people who vote the way they do because they have always done so, or their family has always done so, or their class always votes that way. I say class, as many still hold onto that notion in this country and Labour were traditionally working class, so they can ensure the working class vote. Conservative are traditionally middle class and upwards, so basically we have a class war at election time, who is going to win, the great unwashed or the toffs.
I generally vote independant, the so called wasted vote, but I vote with my conscience and seek those who run along humanitarian lines. Still, our last election which labour won there was only a forty percent voter turn out, so they certainly do not represent the majority in this country, and for that matter, neither do the blues, people are getting fed up with the mealy mouthed politicians who say one thing and then do another. Either our political landscape must change, or voting must become compulsory if the politics is to continue.
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