Facts and figures are all well and good; but a question that I think needs to be addressed is: Do people vote according to a reasoned assessment of the "facts", or, do they vote according to their emotions"? Do they vote with their heads or their hearts? In Canada ... excuse me for using a colonial example ... we have a minority government led by a cold, arrogant, control freak (and that is a generous assessment) who has prorogued parliament twice in one year stalling important legislation, has replaced the heads of government commisions with people who think his way, has alienated top military commanders at a time when Canadian troops are in harms way, has angered the Quebecois, has tarnished our world image by his lack of commitment to environmental issues etc. .... And still his popularity and that of his party has increased merely because of the success of Canadian athletes at the Van Olympics
... as if he scored the winning goal, eh.
So what chance do you think there is that folks over there will make up their minds on how to vote based on factual evidence that the "truth" is being distorted? Or have most already made up their "minds"?