[lbo-talk] Poll rout leaves India's communists a spent force

[Michael McIntyre]

Sure, it's a legitimate question, Ravi.  But the only honest answer right
now is "we don't know."  At best, someone who has looked surveyed the
results in some detail could hazard some informed guesses.  To get a real
answer will require substantial hypothesis-testing at the district level, if
not below.  The immediate post-poll commentary, whether in tolerable venues
like Frontline and Tehelka or utterly repulsive ones like India Today, is
all based on the - no doubt completely wrong-headed - assumption that the
Indian electorate reflects the preoccupations of the commentator's milieu.
So, as it stands now, we have a crucially important question and utter
bullshit answers.

MM


>
> Michael, I don't think it’s a case of single intention, nor is it a party
> game (the political goings on in India matter to me, including at a very
> personal level, a lot more than to those who may borrow events for pushing
> some favoured [Western] political philosophy). Rather, the legitimate
> question is: what are the factors and reasons behind the significant victory
> for the Congress Party?
>
>        --ravi
>
>
>
>
> ___________________________________
> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk
>