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Fact over fiction is always required especially when talking about information you get before any election
Political parties, in powerful positions, will always claim they are doing better than they actually are - it's up to the voter to figure out if they claims are true or not
Blindly believing them is stoopid and means you are being manipulated
"Halo effect"
giving misplaced trust to a person (group) based on an idealized impression we have of that individual (organization)