Voting in a straw man poll
I am about to go out to vote and I realise that what little I know of the Euro candidates is gleaned from a quick scan of my wife’s postal voting paper. It’s full of ‘parties’ and people I have never heard of. During the so-called campaign I have received nothing to tell me what the ‘Jury’ party may be, nor the Christian something or other, nor even what sort of Independent the Independent candidate is.
Which means that the only candidates about which I know anything are the usual suspects. Surely the EU, with all its resources, could give each candidate 50 words to say who or what they are. Otherwise we could be voting for crypto-communists, fascists or men (or women) of straw.
My researchers predict an Independent win. This is on the basis of three people telling me that is where they have or will put their cross. None knew anything about him other than the description Independent.
I agree that three people are not a scientific sample so don’t bet the farm on it.