What were elections like before social media / 24/7 news coverage?

I was old enough to vote in 2001 and was a student in 2005 but don't recall anyone caring to the point they fall out with friends and family like we see now.

Posted By: lurd on December 12th 2019 at 09:20:57

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What were elections like before social media / 24/7 news coverage? (General Chat) - lurd, Dec 12, 09:20:57
- Better. Far better in fact. Predominantly policies not personalities. (n/m) (General Chat) - Saucerer, Dec 12, 11:23:13
- Uni flat mates were a mix (General Chat) - CWC, Dec 12, 10:30:15
- It was quite nice to have a sort of beginning, middle and end. (General Chat) - Huge Small, Dec 12, 10:01:08
- The country wasn’t as divided in 2001 as it is now (General Chat) - tim berry, Dec 12, 09:46:35
  - Good summary (n/m) (General Chat) - CauldRon, Dec 12, 10:12:49
  - One of Blair's biggest tricks was to get the media onside too (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Dec 12, 09:56:13
    - one of Blair's biggest tricks (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 12, 10:11:55
      - Excellent post 100% agree (n/m) (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary, Dec 12, 12:31:41
      - 100% this (General Chat) - lurd, Dec 12, 10:34:30
        
        Miliband would have stormed this election. (n/m) (General Chat) - tim berry, Dec 12, 12:03:55
      - much sense in that (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Dec 12, 10:29:43
      - Yeah, that's correct too (General Chat) - duke of york, Dec 12, 10:14:05
        
        Blair appealed to people rather than divided them (General Chat) - duke of york, Dec 12, 10:17:41
        
        strikes me that the current labour party (General Chat) - paulg, Dec 12, 10:31:11
        
        Blair got people like me to vote for him (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 12, 10:30:00
        
        that (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Dec 12, 10:42:32
        
        Yeah, it's very sad what's happened to both main parties (General Chat) - duke of york, Dec 12, 10:34:29
  - Sounds about right (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Dec 12, 09:52:14
  - Amazing to think that die hard Labour voters will be voting Tory to "Get Brexit Done" (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Dec 12, 09:51:39
    - Equally, there are some die hard Tories vowing to vote Labour. (General Chat) - tim berry, Dec 12, 09:53:28
- Like the footy, you waited until the Pink Un arrived to read the match report! (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Dec 12, 09:46:16
- Less terrible. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 12, 09:37:41
  - Ha, yep (General Chat) - duke of york, Dec 12, 09:39:07
    - was there always the desire to promise the moon? (n/m) (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Dec 12, 09:53:00
      - Yeah, they've always done that (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Dec 12, 09:54:17

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