ance (class lecture, 02-10-00). With candidates running similarly based campaigns, all the voter really has to go on as far as electing an official is image, which has led to an increasingly Americanization of campaigns throughout all advanced industrialized countries (class lecture, 02-10-00). Therefore, the voter is basically forced to choose its candidate less based on the few small differences in campaign stands and more on who has cleanest background and nicest smile. So, what is the true reason for this international shift to left-sided parties? I think the reason is a blend of all the reasons mentioned. I do think that the United States paved the way for other countries to follow suit, but our country becoming more liberal is not a good enough reason alone to follow the same road our country did. I think world wide, citizens have grown tired of following in the same conservative path our forefathers did and are looking to make a dramatic change in the way in which we live that reflects that the government is serving us and not the men who originally created it. And, as we, the people, make this change, political parties are beginning to cater to what the people want instead of what their party should or always has stood for. These changes are all symbolic of our need to make a transition as we enter the new millennium, and I think that that is what the shift to left-wing parties stands for as well-times changing. ...
