Elections and corona.
Having said all this, I also wonder whether a dominant theme like corona will influence voting behaviour. There are increasing voices from society expressing dissatisfaction with a government that was afraid for far too long to weigh up other factors than just the number of infections. It is accused of a passive and uncreative attitude when it comes to gradually emerging from the lockdown. And it would be one-sidedly drooping its ears in the opinion of the OMT.
Such criticisms are initially expressed mainly via lebanon telegram data the internet and then picked up by other media. The fact that these voices can now be heard will certainly have an influence on the elections. A few private parties have taken the initiative to investigate how we can emerge from the crisis through experiments. A task that an active government could have taken on itself some time ago.
Both pro and con voices can be heard extensively via the online media. It seems that the government is guided by the role that the upcoming elections can play and is using corona as a dominant theme. As a result, other important themes remain underexposed . But the opposing voices via social media are only getting louder. With diverting the attention of the voter from the many mistakes in other areas, the cabinet can no longer get away with it due to the online attention for this. Due to all the attention for the pandemic, parties, and therefore also the voters, seem to have little eye for digitalization, which is emerging as a new epidemic that can disrupt society in the coming years.
Surprising elections
Can an enhanced online approach to campaigning help parties to push certain themes into the background through selectivity and possibly even manipulation? Will voters understand this or will their voting behaviour be influenced by it? Do voters still have sufficient interest in other themes or are they indeed only concerned with leaving the corona restrictions behind as quickly as possible? Does this attitude of some government parties fuel conspiracy theorists.
