Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
Are you assuming that every voter reads every single word of every manifesto?
No - of course not.

But neither do I agree that an online petition with a lot of signatures, but far fewer than take part in the WAG election, should have more weight for elected politicians than the mandate of their wider electorate.

I don’t live in Wales so I’m not going to get into the argument about the pros and cons - but whilst the petition is significant it shouldn’t be seen as the only indicator of public opinion.