[monster]

As far as I can tell, there are an enormous number of people -in pretty much every country- who decide that their loyalty belongs to one partiicular party and they vote that way from the get=go until death. And they just don't bother with the actual ins and outs of politics, it's a done deal.

That means that the real outcome relies on the voters who actually listen to the speaches and read the flyers etc.... and are prepared to change their mind

and in my experience, these are the same people who like to debate politics on the internet. But the people I have debated politics with always claim to never have been persuaded to shange their vote. yet some must

so be honest (it's a strength not a weakness to see and admit the error of your ways...), have you changed your vote (party-wise) since you first started voting?