Well, one more election in the books. I’m a political junkie, but I hope we don’t go through that exercise in futility again soon!Party politics aside, I think the most disappointing thing about the election was the abysmal voter turnout. Early estimates put it at 58 per cent. I think laziness and apathy are to blame for a voter turnout that was far lower than Afghanistan’s which was 83 per cent.
On radio call-in shows people were blaming people moving and dying for what they believe is a statistical flaw.Sorry, but that’s a load of BS. It’s unfortunate that people are so disillusioned with the political system these days that they don’t even want to get out and vote.
Sadly, that leaves your future in the hands of barely three in five of the voting population. By voting, you have a chance to dilute extreme views and help to express your own.
I don’t know when or how this will change, but I can’t see the major political parties changing the rules to make people more likely to vote. I don’t see legislation making it mandatory to vote and I don’t see proportional representation coming either.
The old-line parties like the system the way it is. Mandatory voting would dilute the base of the big parties and proportional representation would give a voice to the minority parties. They don’t want that.
So, expect more of the same in about, oh, eighteen months.
Political issues? What issues?
One thing that was really disappointing about this last election is that it was about nothing: a Seinfeld election as a Twitter friend pointed out. It was nothing but a power grab to try and get a majority.
Thankfully the attempt failed, and we’re left with a minority. Hopefully our parties will work together. I don’t consider a minority as a mandate, contrary to the views of the Conservative party. Nothing like putting a positive spin on failure.
When are our “leaders” going to get the message that the public is sick of their games and that we don’t trust them? Why don’t we have an election where we discuss serious issues, bring out our platform at the start of the election and where we actually talk to the media?
If anyone read or watched any serious analysis of election platforms, I’d love to see it. I wasn’t really impressed with any election coverage I’d seen. I did a better job of covering the issues in the last election when I was working as a newspaper reporter.
Maybe I should do an online analysis for the next election. I don’t have long to prepare though!! 
