Election campaigns

“Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks” by Ted Kulongoski.

 In my opinion this years elections have gone really wrong. Elections should be about every party talking about their good sides and proving what they can do for the country.  But NO. They fight and argue. They compete who has the better election advertisements. Like for example the time when Keskerakond had these new green advertisements about the change and then the Isamaa and Respublika youngsters put those red stickers all over them. The stickers said that Keskerakond wasted 1,5 million kroons on this gossip. For me it is really immature how they talk lies about each other. And I don’t even want to vote.  

            About different election campaignsI liked the one where Keskerakond is going around the Estonia with the bus. This has never done before. Everybody who can’t come to the city or who has questions can ask them. I really like that they had thought about country people also. And of course it is a good way to gain more votes. http://www.postimees.ee/?id=115677

            Keskerakond also made a game for campaign. Against Andrus Ansip. Keskerakond spend tens of thousand kroons on this game. Many Estonians played this came. I think it was childish, but people who don’t like Ansip loved it. http://www.postimees.ee/?id=109678

            This year the elections have been really different. Parties have chosen many different styles of advertisements. The advertisements have cost a lot, but in my opinion they haven’t been effective. It has been just one big circus about who is better and who is not. 

Madli Vest