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Great moments in women's suffrage
Nov. 7th, 2006 10:16 pmNot to be outdone by the elections happening in the USA, we're having an election of our very own here too: the Victorian State government elections, to be precise. It's exactly as exciting as it sounds.
Actually, the potential for excitement is there. For the first time in my memory, the City by the Sea, traditionally a conservative heartland, is considered marginal. Normally the parties don't bother to campaign round here, because the result is a foregone conclusion, but we might get to see some action this time round. Only another eighteen thrilling campaign days to go. Ooh!
Today in the paper there was a voter profile article - you know, who is this family, what issues are important to them, and why they vote the way they do (voting is compulsory here, by the way). This was the description of the forty-seven year old woman's voting habits: "Christine says she knows little about politics so she simply votes the way her husband and her father do." I don't know whether to be sad for her or frustrated with her. At bit of both, I think.
Meanwhile, in China, "police have rounded up a group of 'huggers' who offered to embrace passers-by to 'melt the coldness' in their hears on a busy central Shanghai street. Police detained 11 eleven 'huggers' and confiscated their signs advertising free hugs on Nanjing Road on Saturday." Police: they ruin everyone's fun.
Actually, the potential for excitement is there. For the first time in my memory, the City by the Sea, traditionally a conservative heartland, is considered marginal. Normally the parties don't bother to campaign round here, because the result is a foregone conclusion, but we might get to see some action this time round. Only another eighteen thrilling campaign days to go. Ooh!
Today in the paper there was a voter profile article - you know, who is this family, what issues are important to them, and why they vote the way they do (voting is compulsory here, by the way). This was the description of the forty-seven year old woman's voting habits: "Christine says she knows little about politics so she simply votes the way her husband and her father do." I don't know whether to be sad for her or frustrated with her. At bit of both, I think.
Meanwhile, in China, "police have rounded up a group of 'huggers' who offered to embrace passers-by to 'melt the coldness' in their hears on a busy central Shanghai street. Police detained 11 eleven 'huggers' and confiscated their signs advertising free hugs on Nanjing Road on Saturday." Police: they ruin everyone's fun.
