Dating Diaries: Elections and Dating, both just one big flirt, right?

By Alexander Broun on Apr 15, 10 01:59 PM

JFK first showed us the way when his cool exterior, and chiselled good looks, wiped the floor with Nixon & his perspiring forehead. The UK has dragged its feet, but Gordon has willingly agreed to follow suit and go head to head (hopefully not shiny and slightly damp head a la Nixon) with his opposite numbers in a live televised leader debate.

And about time!

We try to deny it, try to hide it, and some even use it to show a weakness in character, but the fundamental reason why undecided, first time or returning voters choose their candidate is more often than not based on whether they like the person?

'Dating Diaries, where are you going with this?' you ask. Simple, winning votes, and dating are based on the same fundamentals, and at the core of this is sits a good old fashioned flirt!

Flirting gets you places. Those that do it well, and by well I mean not too much, and without any 'David Brent' attributes, find it opens doors. Dating without flirtation is like Radio 2 without Terry Wogan, good, but not quite right. On a date, you need to flirt to test the waters between those islands of 'Chemistry' and 'plutonic' and depending on the strength and reception of your flirt, depends on which island that relationship will embark from.

Politicians flirt, and they do so for your vote and support. Brown and Cameron have witnessed the importance of Michelle Obama to her husbands 'vote for change' campaign, and consequently, Samantha Cameron has saucy photos splashed across the tabloids, and Sarah Brown is on Twitter!

Dating and campaigning both seek to find or provide you with the answers to the same questions. Who do you fancy, who is good for you, does your family like the person, who can provide for you the best, and finally, who do you enjoy spending time with?

Superficiality reigns supreme. The politician will try & impress with promises, and your date will try & impress with his/her personality/lifestyle/job etc. The key to both is to dig a little deeper, and make both answer specific questions relating to your own needs.

If ever there was an attempt at bringing 'sexy back' to an election, this is it. Faces are being scrutinised rather than policies, the cut of a suit is judged as 'leadership material', and the calibre, looks and impact of one's significant other is being paraded around (or pictured wearing a couple of rather short, revealing dresses in Samantha Cameron's case).

Dating Diaries says be fussy! Ask not what your country can do for you, but what a likely hung parliament will do for beverage prices, VAT prices and its effect on high street stores, compromising the likelihood of you buying those new shoes, and petrol prices for all those romantic weekends away!
Remember, flirting only goes so far, so make sure you have something concrete to base your decision on, both for your vote, and your love life.

To end, Dating Diaries has to congratulate itself a little, and mention that we have had a great start to 2010 and welcomed thousands of new online daters to our community. So, if your on the look out for love and for that special someone, click on your region below and get dating!

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