> As much a free TV is. You vote based on your self-interest, > and different things do it for different people.
> The question to ask is, why do some > people care more for a promise of a free TV than for a promise of good > governance? Is is because one of those promises is simply not credible > anymore? If not, why not? Just for a moment we imagine we have two candidates - one candidate promises free TVs, laptop for 10K, million ITES jobs in rural areas, etc. Another candidate promises good governance, and only that. If you are a farmer with a Masters Degree in Farming who will you vote? If you are a worker in a factory aged 22, who cant read or write, who will you vote? Lukhman
