Actually, no government follows voters’ lead. No, not really. Politicians don’t much care what voters want per se. They just want to get voted in. That’s how it is in a democracy these days. Once elected, they swiftly forget what voters want – until, say four years later in America, the next election comes round.
The Democrats and Republicans in America by the way are not very different. Both parties cater to the interests of the ultra rich, who pay for their election campaigns. However, the Democrats, this time led by incumbent President Barack Obama, tend to give a semblance of care for the working class, i.e. the so-called middle class and lower. For this semblance, such as it is, I hope Obama wins again. For a change, you want someone from the minority to run the show on the big stage. He’s still black, isn’t he?
Anyways, if you toss straws in the wind, you see which way the wind is blowing. In politics, you are trying to see where the political wind is blowing.
In countries that don’t have elections, well, you are forgiven for being even less enlightened than voters are in a democracy, who truth be told, leave much to be desired in terms of political consciousness, too. But that’s neither here nor there. At least we know what the phrase “straws in the wind” means politically.
At least you know now.
Alright, here are media examples:
1. We have long known that immigrants have higher birth rates than natives of the United States, as my colleague Steve Camarota documented in a CIS Backgrounder a few years ago, but now there are some straws in the wind suggesting that they may also be more likely to marry than natives of the United States.
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