People choose political debate winners
THE OPINIONS of the public are wavering as to which team won the first night of the National Political Debate. Both major political parties, the People’s National Party (PNP) and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), commenced the first of three debates, tackling the topic of social issues affecting the country.
Citizens in downtown Kingston told The Gleaner which party they think won the debate, and who was the best debater in the first night of the debates. Based on the responses given, the Jamaica Labour Party won the first night of the National Political Debate but the PNP’s Lisa Hanna, of South East St Ann, was said to have been the better debater.
However, The Gleaner also did a poll on Twitter asking the general public, ‘which team won the debate?’
Fifty-two per cent of the respondents said the PNP won the debates and the remaining 48 per cent said the winner was the JLP.
Mark Hutchinson expressed the views of the majority from downtown Kingston. He said that he is already seeing the result from the JLP and there are actions behind everything they have said in the debates.
“Me is a born Labourite. I’m not going to talk bias, JLP win but Lisa can talk, she was the best debater,” he said.
It appears that the views of the winning team wavered more than that of the best debater, as most people think that Lisa Hanna held her ground.
“I think the People’s National Party did better than the JLP even though I’m a diehearted Labourite,” said a young vendor on Beckford Street. He expressed, as a JLP supporter, that he thinks “the best debater was Lisa Hanna”.
Across from him was another vendor who expressed that PNP had the edge on the debate. She said “Lisa Hanna star the show and Floyd Green took too long to present his points.” She pointed out that the presenter had to be telling him that his time was up.
The questions we asked were:
Which team won the first the night of political debates, and why? Who was the best debater in the first night of political debates, and why?