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=====General notes===== | =====General notes===== | ||
* '''People want to see their problems getting solved.''' When mainstream parties fail to deliver, voters become increasingly willing to try alternatives, no matter how radical those are. | * '''People want to see their problems getting solved.''' When mainstream parties fail to deliver, voters become increasingly willing to try alternatives, no matter how radical those are. It can even trigger the rise of new political parties. (To be continued at: "Are democracies ''good-weather'' systems?") | ||
* Staying vague and avoiding naming specific targets is a popular strategy because someone once wrote a book about it… In times of real crisis, this political style is harmful. | * Staying vague and avoiding naming specific targets is a popular strategy because someone once wrote a book about it… In times of real crisis, this political style is harmful. | ||
* An opposition party not only has to be able to name mistakes made by the government. But always being able to '''present better alternatives''' in order to signal to voters that "We are '''always ready''' to make better policies. So vote for us and we will do better." | * An opposition party not only has to be able to name mistakes made by the government. But always being able to '''present better alternatives''' in order to signal to voters that "We are '''always ready''' to make better policies. So vote for us and we will do better." | ||