The post-partisan nation

JJ McCullough argues against a simple left-right political debate

Polls routinely show that the majority of voters in this country do not understand the meanings of even the most basic ideological terms. A 2004 poll, for example, had 50% of the public unable to answer whether the Canadian Alliance was to the left or right of the NDP ... People vote for who they think will do the best job in the context of the moment. Sometimes it’s just as simple as that.