Best wishes for Georgia and those making the effort to move people in the right direction.
this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2024
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What I don't get is how so many Georgians have turned up repeatedly to protest the moves away from the EU by the government, and yet Georgian Dream still get voted on by so many. Any Georgians around who can provide some context? Yet another instance of rural vs. urban populace?
Demonstrations don't win elections. Even if they'd be 40% of all voters and be all on the street, they'd still not be enough, despite being a massive force to look at. So, ultimately, I don't think this is going to change anything at this point. They'd need more than just the odd large protest, unfortunately.
Not by themselves, but they're generally indicative of a wider movement, i.e. for every person who came out to demonstrate, there are a few that agree, but not enough to actually go out there. And as the sibling comment mentions, moving closer to the EU also has wide support with a large part of the population according to polls. Is it just something that people disagree on with Georgian Dream, but not enough to not vote for them?
But the article mentions that according to polls, membership of the EU and NATO are supported by about 80 percent of the population. That should be enough, right?