The electoral system is not where change starts - it usually starts in communities and from the bottom up - but it is where change can be stopped.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is rarely the quick fix that goes the farthest. So don't get tempted by political cycles and the lure of electoral wins.
Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change.
It seems to be impossible to hold a credible election without reforming the electoral system.
Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being.
Our political system needs changing. It needs to move away from personalities and patronage to a system of party programs and consultation with the people.
People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician.
Sometimes in politics, you get a wallop in the electoral process.
In most countries, a lopsided election represents a mandate that the winning party could then use to implement their agenda, but the U.S. political system seems to have been made to prevent such an occurrence.
Polls can change; people's opinions can change. Voting intentions can change, and I think it would be a silly leader, a silly political party, that would assume that we have it sewn up.
The mythology is that political change happens only in election years. The truth is you build from election to election.