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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
That's one of those things that seems intuitively like it should be true--but in fact, the vast majority of people don't change their voter preference during an election season. It's far more difficult than people think to "move the numbers" in the absence of some sort of game-changing event.
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But the vast number of undecided people are easily manipulated and will go for what is popular at that moment... and those undecided people are the ones that can swing the election either way. Just look at Dion's terrible video production that was mocked by everyone in the media. The message was lost to something more superficial.
Maybe I have no faith in politics, but it seems to me that a party can waffle and stall, do nothing, and even make bad decisions for 4 years... but as long as they are popular in that short time leading up to the election, they are golden. Conversely, a party that generally governs well for several years can bomb in an election if they screw up in the few weeks leading up to an election. People tend not to look at the bigger picture.
The party that wins will be the one that have the best smart asses and the hippest and wittiest ads on TV. That is my prediction. Issues like the economy, taxes and proroguing government will take a back seat.