Election promise
Campaign promises , campaign promises or election pledges are ahead of elections given commitments for the post-election period.
history
Historically, it has been common practice since the Middle Ages to document such election promises in the form of an election surrender , i.e. a binding agreement.
Modern party democracy
A political election promise is made by parties or candidates for political office. In doing so, they set one or more goals that they would strive for if chosen. Coalition statements are one example . Election promises can be formulated in election programs , government programs or in statements by politicians standing for election. Election promises are always subject to the proviso that they can only be implemented if the election in question is won by the party / candidate.
An election promise is intended to convince an eligible citizen of the bidding party, so that this party is (re) elected. Voting promises are usually chosen and formulated in such a way that the eligible citizen is convinced of the benefits of the respective promise. Voting promises are largely brought to the voter through the media, i.e. through television / cinema, radio, print media, billboards and distribution materials.
Broken election promises
An election promise is not legally binding and can therefore be broken legally with impunity. Election promises are viewed critically, because such promises have often not been realized or were not realizable due to a lack of funds. The proportion of election promises fulfilled depends on the political system. It is higher in majority electoral systems and lower in proportional representation systems due to the need for coalitions . For the Bundestag elections from 2002 to 2009, a share of 45% fully and a further 15% partially fulfilled election promises is stated.
Nevertheless, the subject of the broken election promise is a classic. One reason for this is the criticism of the respective opposition of the (allegedly) broken election promise as a lie . The pension lie (against the social-liberal coalition in 1976) or the tax lie (against George W. Bush in 1988) are prominent examples.
Political science
"Politicians promise more than they can deliver because people are asking for more than they can expect"
The New Political Economy tries to explain political behavior, decision-making processes and structures using the methodology of economics. This also includes the attempt to describe buying votes through election promises (not in the sense of inadmissible influencing of the election, e.g. by offering money).
Slogans
An election promise can also be presented as a party's motto, but these “slogans” often have a more general meaning that does not specifically address one issue, but rather represents the broadly summarized main core of that party.
With a parody of election promises, Vienna advertised differently for the 2015 municipal council elections : “A penguin for every household!” Demanded a poster. The surtitle solved the riddle: "We can also make false election promises".
Web links
- Wahlversufen2013.de - portal where the adherence to election promises of the German federal government is checked (introduced for the coalition agreement 2013 )
- Captain Blaubär explains in his Christmas story the meaning of a whale promise
Individual evidence
- ^ Oskar Niedermayer: Handbook on political parties research, 2013, ISBN 9783531189321 , p. 230, online
- ↑ Michael Thöndl: Introduction to Political Science: From the Ancient Polis to International Terrorism; Ideas - Actors - Topics, 2005, ISBN 9783205772453 , p. 42, online
- ↑ http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2730096/ “Wien Anders” for the legalization of cannabis, orf.at, September 5, 2015, accessed September 5, 2015.