Oh? Three months to go! Let’s see what happens in November! This is still the honeymoon period
Kamala Harris Erases Trump’s Swing-State Lead in 2024 Election: Poll – Bloomberg
A Retreat Into Magical Thinking: Election 2024
Not only does fundamentalism promote delusional thinking, it also discourages followers from exposing themselves to any different ideas, which acts to protect the delusions that are essential to the ideology. How Religious Fundamentalism Hijacks the Brain | Psychology Today Of course, it would be irrational of magical thinkers to pursue policies that were not supportive…
US & UK Election: 2024
”People’s opinions are mainly designed to make them feel comfortable; truth, for most people is a secondary consideration.” — Bertrand Russell, The Art of Philosophizing: And Other Essays (1968), Essay I: The Art of Rational Conjecture (1942), p. 7
Snearing ‘leaders’ try to lead a country
Make this the punishment election – damning the Tories for 14 years of cruelty and lies | Jonathan Freedland | The Guardian Searing but probably true. Snearing ‘leaders’ try to lead a country. Nary a common person among the ‘gang of five’. The facts undermine the Tory party claims to be the party of good…
Who will win Taiwan’s next presidential election?
So the opinion polls are close now, and the blackout period is approaching. The campaigns are stronger this time around on all sides. So here is my poorly organized overview of the past elections. Recent Polls The polls on the last day before black out indicate: Lai as the leader, Ho is in 2nd and…
UK General Election 2019 – visionary I ain’t!
1. Tory Party support is maxed out – wrong2. No one will deal with Tory Party – wrong3. Voting tactically – right4. Brexit/UKIP effect muted – right5. Opposition parties may form next government – wrong The recent decision by Nigel Farage to only field candidates in non-Tory seats is weird. I think he’s assuming all…
Video: Politics in Taiwan: Election 2012
Here’s an interesting video. But does anyone buy his story as it is told here? Does it matter? What is the meaning of this video in the context of Taiwan’s elections? Interesting…
Election Day in the UK
Just watching the results as they are about to come in. The exit polls are predicting a hung parliament with no outright winner. Given the troubles in Greece, and the pressures on the PIIGS, and jitters on Wall Street, this couldn’t be a worse result. Let’s see what happens.
Taiwan’s 2008 Presidential Election: The Results
For most people in the Western world and in many dozens of other countries, the mantra of one person one vote is taken for granted. Not so in China, Hong Kong, Macau, or Singapore. In fact, yesterday’s election for the presidency of the Republic of China underscores how democratic change has become part and parcel…