Election promise

Election promise, election promises or election commitments are given in advance of election commitments for the period after the election.

History

Historically, it was often the case since the Middle Ages, thus documenting such election promises in the form of a capitulation of a binding agreement.

Modern democracy

A political campaign promises given by parties or candidates for political office. Make an order or more goals they would seek if they are elected. One example is the coalition statements. Election promises can be formulated in choice programs, government programs, or in statements of politicians standing for election. Election promises are always under the condition that they can only be implemented if the relevant choice of the party / obtained the candidate.

A campaign promise is to convince a voting citizens of the advertising party, so this party ( re-) elected. Election promises are usually selected and formulated such that the voter is convinced of the Took advantage of the particular promise. Election promises are largely brought about by the media to the voters, ie by television / cinema, radio, print media, placarding, and by distributing materials.

Broken election promises

An election promise is not legally binding and therefore can be legally broken with impunity. Election promises are considered critical because many times were those not realized, or were due to lack of funds, not feasible. The proportion of fulfilled election promises depends on the political system. In majoritarian systems, it is higher in proportional representation electoral systems due to the necessary coalitions lower. For federal elections from 2002 to 2009 a share of 45 % is given in full and a further 15 % partially fulfilled election promises.

Nevertheless, the subject of the broken election promise is a classic. One reason for this is the critique of the respective opposition of the ( allegedly) broken campaign promise to be a lie. The pension lie ( against the social-liberal coalition in 1976 ) or control lie (1988 against George W. Bush) are prominent examples.

Politikologie

"Politicians promise more than they can deliver, because the people demand more than they are entitled to expect "

The New Political Economy tries to explain political behavior, decision-making processes and structures by means of the methodology of economics. This includes the attempt to make a vote-buying (not in the sense of influencing Illegal choice ) to be described by campaign promises.

Slogans

An election promise can also be represented as a party theme, but these " slogans " often have a more general meaning, not specifically responding to a situation but represents the coarse aggregate principal core of the party.