Is the candidate more important than the party?

Is the candidate more important than the party?

With the elections happening all over the country, politics is much in the vogue recently. There have been huge discussions and debates not only on the news channels but also amongst the public and between groups of known people that who is more important, is it the candidate alone or is it the entire party responsible for the welfare of the society.

Political parties trail a certain philosophy and go to the elections with a schema. While the voters are already aware about this yet they are anxious about the development of the community and their indigenous issues. We all want a representative who can address our problems without any bias. Whereas the political parties in order to grab the maximum number of votes select an individual for an area who has the maximum chance of winning without taking into consideration the performance and the integrity of the candidate. But the dilemma is for the public, whom should they select the party or the candidate? Ideally the public should go in for the party as the candidate is ultimately representing the party and will work on the ideologies of the party only.

This is a vicious circle where the party and the candidate both go hand in hand. When on one hand, the candidate is following the ideology of the party on the other hand if the candidate is good the party’s success is also dependent on the candidate. When in case of solving public issues, in some cases the candidate is independent to take his own decision but when it is a matter of the state he has to take into consideration and abide by the decision that is taken by the party head. When the party wins, it is the acting constituency who is taking decisions and not the area candidate who takes the decision, in fact he is the person who will sit and just abide the policies made by the head of the party.

Additionally, candidates are opportunist they keep jumping from one party to another where ever they get a better position and better monetary prospects. Hence it is important to choose a party who has better ideologies and philosophies to bring about a positive development in the country.

Hence, to conclude with the candidate can never override the party and go against the philosophies and policies of the party. Both the candidate as well as the party’s policies matter a lot and should drive the decision of the individual to choose and vote. As I mentioned above, It is a vicious circle and both the party as well as the candidate go hand in hand and both or either of them cannot be avoided.