Who to vote for in GE2024?
A guide for picking candidates and sniffing manifestos in Mauritius and anywhere else
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Publisher Description
Deciding for whom to vote is not always easy especially if no candidate stands out in your riding. It’s made more complicated by all the smokescreens that are thrown at you in a non-stop manner and because the availability of good-enough paths to get to the truth varies across democracies.
Now this book fills a void by allowing voters in politics-crazy Mauritius to get even by offering them a wealth of tools and insights about their country to become more knowledgeable and effective citizens including
• three flexible frameworks to sniff electoral manifestos, analyse national policies and predict performance in any democracy
• a process to select candidates
• a quick review of the 12 general elections since 1967
• worldview of three living PMs
• essential questions to ask politicians as their listening skills peak during the electoral campaign
• key facts about electoral systems and the special set-up in Mauritius
• an independent assessment of the state of the republic
• the busting of myths
• comments on the manifestos of GE2024
• notes on many current and past politicians
• recommendations to delve deeper and more