Numerical questions could be quite interesting: * How much should a student pay for an undergraduate degree?
Obviously this question is fundamentally flawed (3 or 4 year? Science or Arts? Who's paying tuition?) but it means that wishy-washy answers simply won't work. On 8 December 2010 13:33, Paul Waring <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/12/10 13:26, Edmund von der Burg wrote: >> >> As it would appear that politicians have nothing to gain and >> everything to lose from pledges is there anything we can learn for the >> next election quiz? > > They have plenty to gain from pledges - the votes of people who believe in > what the politician is pledging. > >> I'd suggest: >> >> * Avoid specifics and question them on general concepts - eg not "Vote >> against tuition fees" and instead "Try to keep the cost of education >> to a minimum". > > The difficulty with that sort of question is that every single politician > will answer "yes", just like every one will say "I want Britain to have a > world-class health system" and "I will take measures to reduce crime". The > more general the question, the less it helps you to differentiate between > the candidates. > > -- > Paul Waring > http://www.pwaring.com > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
