Right now the election period in my country is at a fever pitched as the candidates vie for both local and national positions. With the campaign period at its last week, candidates go all out to promote their platforms in order to sway folks to vote for them. Many of them promise great changes to their constituents if they get elected into public office. The question is will they stand and deliver the changes that they promised or will it all be just empty words with voters feeling that they were duped. With so many candidates competing in this month's coming election and the promises that they have for the country, the song "I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician" by The Byrds cames to mind.
We see it at every cycle in every country where candidates, whether old or new go all out in voicing their vision for the country's future. They make grand promises such as ending poverty, providing more benefits, opening new relations and so on. Depending on what the biggest problem that affects the country will be the factor that people will look for when they start to vote. Apart from that, whoever sways public opinion will also get a greater chance of getting elected. If the present administration did a bad job, then it's very likely that people will vote for the other side since they want change.
The problems is can these people bring about the promises that they made during the campaign. There are some who claim that they will do better yet their reputation has been tainted by past scandals and failed promises. There are those who are either naive or just being controlled by the party to serve their backers' own interest. The sad part is that a lot of times, these guys are so indebted to their supporters that they are first on the list and some of the promises wind up getting shelved at the very bottom of the barrel. So all I can say is be very careful about who you are voting for because they might be selling you a load of B.S.
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