Gubernatorial elections are underway in nearby Anambra State – with a whopping 25 candidates on the ballot. My father shakes his head at the figure, calling the whole thing a bit of a fiasco. I agree to a certain extent, since it seems that when you have so many options it becomes more difficult to thoroughly investigate the legitimacies of each candidates’ claims, but then I bring to my father’s attention that many in the U.S. would call this a display of ‘true democracy.’
I personally know more than one person who refused to cast their vote during this past election (sheer lunacy if you ask me) because they don’t believe that a two-party system can ever be truly democratic.
It seems there should be some version of idealism found in the middle, but in the absence of it’s realization, I opt to do as the song says and “love the one you’re with.”
One of the candidates I overheard on the telly the other day put it in terms of a very real concern they appear to have regarding the Anambra elections. She warned that those who “sell [their] vote[s] . . . are selling [their] children’s future . . .”
Can’t say that I disagree.
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