Originally posted by: niyati13
Best would be if all parties focus on the country as a whole and not talk about religion, caste or vote bank at all..just uniform civil code.
But that's wishful thinking
Parties make use of the already existing divisions, may be even strengthen them sometimes. That is democratic politics everywhere, for good or for bad. It is very difficult for even the most educated to analyze the performance of government objectively and vote according to that. And sometimes even impossible because of lack of proper data and huge amount of variables. Like if I ask anyone here including myself, to give an objective analysis of UPA-2 vs NDA-2 government, whether pro-BJP, pro-Congress or neutral, none of us will be able to argue any case effectively. Even Chidambaram and Jaitley will be incapable of doing so on macro and microeconomics front. Therefore to simplify this for everyone, party ideologies broadly become the decisive factor in voting. That is how it is.

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