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Sure, but how many are willing to change their voting preferences or educate others about the dangers of TTIP? Many polls show people to be disgruntled by polti
by aleksei 10y ago
Sure, but how many are willing to change their voting preferences or educate others about the dangers of TTIP? Many polls show people to be disgruntled by polticians, yet they keep electing the same people.
And surely it was 70% of the people who took the poll and were consequently made aware of TTIP?
I'm not saying there isn't opposition, most people I know are against it. But other people seem to not even know about it, or find it difficult to see why politicians would do something against their best interests.
- samastur 10y agoI really dislike this argument. When I go to a polling booth, I don't get a list of issues where I could check my position on each one. What I get is one vote to select a person or party which across all issues I care about comes closest to a position I can (or have to) live with. I've yet to be in situation where I would be in agreement on every important issue with choices on offer. There are always multiple issues on which I have to compromise which doesn't mean they are not important. Individually they may be even at the top of my list, but can cumulatively still lose to others.
- sliverstorm 10y agoMany polls show people to be disgruntled by polticians, yet they keep electing the same people. My senators are great, it's just the other 98 that I despise.