{"id":5874,"date":"2007-02-28T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-28T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=325"},"modified":"2007-02-28T15:15:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-28T09:45:00","slug":"reading-too-much-into-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/reading-too-much-into-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading too much into elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

The BJP has done well in the Punjab and Uttarakhand elections, and already people are calling it “a saffron wave<\/a>.” That is as much rubbish as all that talk about the UPA having got a mandate from the last elections. (As I mentioned here<\/a>, one look at the constitution of this Lok Sabha<\/a> should disabuse notions of a “collective will.”) Individuals vote in elections for their own individual reasons, and much of the time, in an age of a fractured electorate and hung parliaments, huge amounts of luck determines who gets into power. <\/p>\n

It is, of course, typical of us to try to discern patterns in all of this. But these patterns, these mandates, they’re illusory things. No point celebrating or mourning yet, depending on which party you support. Flip-flop hota rahega.<\/p>\n

Also read<\/b>: my essay from last week, Don’t Think in Categories<\/a>. It’s relevant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The BJP has done well in the Punjab and Uttarakhand elections, and already people are calling it “a saffron wave<\/a>.” That is as much rubbish as all that talk about the UPA having got a mandate from the last elections. (As I mentioned here<\/a>, one look at the constitution of this Lok Sabha<\/a> should disabuse notions of a “collective will.”) Individuals vote in elections for their own individual reasons, and much of the time, in an age of a fractured electorate and hung parliaments, huge amounts of luck determines who gets into power. <\/p>\n

It is, of course, typical of us to try to discern patterns in all of this. But these patterns, these mandates, they’re illusory things. No point celebrating or mourning yet, depending on which party you support. Flip-flop hota rahega.<\/p>\n

Also read<\/b>: my essay from last week, Don’t Think in Categories<\/a>. It’s relevant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nReading too much into elections - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/reading-too-much-into-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reading too much into elections - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The BJP has done well in the Punjab and Uttarakhand elections, and already people are calling it “a saffron wave.” That is as much rubbish as all that talk about the UPA having got a mandate from the last elections. 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