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Reply to "Shaitaan Is Shocked. My Semi-Literate Corentyne Relatives Voted PNC on May 11th"

Originally Posted by baseman:
Originally Posted by Shaitaan:

I didn't bother asking them because I assumed they all voted PPP. I was wrong.

 

These were the strongest PPP supporters I knew and they deliberately voted for a PNC Presidency.

 

Interestingly enough they seem to fit the profile of the 2015 former PPP voter. They are entrepreneurial middle class. Travel freely abroad etc. etc.

 

I suspect it's the element of international travel that has made them anti-PPP.

There is much more of this than many are willing to accept.  The Caribj's of the PNC would deny it was the Indian swing vote which put the PNC over the top.  They need to beware, this swing is very tenuous and could give them whiplash in 2020 if they don't deliver or try their "old guard" tactics.

 

The fact is that the Black and Indo middle class will determine Guyanese elections. Both the PNC and the PPP have to adjust to this.

 

The PNC has to adjust to not talking down to Indians. No lecturing us about how to be Guyanese. Not lecturing us about how to be Indian. And just govern for everyone and leave culture out of Government.

 

The PPP has to join everyone in F-ing reality. The reality that their shyte is past its expiry date. Its not good enough to gear the party towards Nehru and Ramakant anymore. They are going to have to woo the middle class (especially them Indo middle class) for the first time in its history. They are going to have to stop pretending they can successfully "select" leaders anymore. People are more likely to vote for a leader they had a hand in electing than some selected losers with no appeal.

 

This is good for everyone. Just like in America, the major parties are only guaranteed 40pc of the national vote. Its all about that 11-20pc. The PNC and the PPP have to learn to adapt to the new situation which is likely to become permanent.

FM
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