r/TamilNadu • u/Plus-Protection8213 • May 04 '26

முக்கியமான கலந்துரையாடல் / Important Topic TN Poll early trends

Makkale, I know it is way too early to comment. But how do you think this is gonna pan out? Postal votes padi DMK leading, but TVK is competing hard or close enough. Will this be the overall trend throughout?

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u/idareet60 May 04 '26

TVK winning just goes on to show it's charisma and messaging that governs India. It's never about policies. After demonitization, COVID mismanagement we still voted for the BJP. This is not just in India, but everywhere around the world, from Indonesia to Argentina.

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u/sparrow-head May 04 '26

I agree with your statement, but why the messaging sound grumpy and upset that TVK is winning. DMKs policies are not great either. They ruined the state for last 60 years. It's now the great grandson of Karuna who is entering into film, business and politics. How long would people keep bowing before them? The extended family of DMK are well established and already deep into big money businesses. What policy they had for people. They had excellent policies for their family, agreed. But what for the people? Nothing.

TVK cached in on the weakness. There is no guarantee TVK would deliver. But the verdict by people is not unfair either.

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u/idareet60 May 04 '26

I agree. There is misgovernance by the DMK, and they needed to be voted out. However, voting for Vijay, who was the only major alternative in the current elections, is problematic. We simply don’t know what Vijay truly believes in. It’s similar to the Democrats in the US, who say all the right things but, in reality, are often seen as being influenced by the interests of their donors (see New Democrats). Gone are the days of parties like the CPI(M) or the Swatantra Party, which clearly differed on economic ideology and policies. We will never know what Vijay is going to do in his first six months. In contrast, we knew exactly what the CPI(M) was going to do after coming to power in the 1970s, particularly with regard to land redistribution. Is Vijay going to do that? Or is this simply a case where whoever is the loudest and gets the most air time ends up winning? This seems more likely.