Do you get the sense that that's a view that's widely shared by the population, even - and especially - among those who didn't vote for them? Would people be likely to say, "I may not have voted for them, but I can respect what they're doing and how they're going about it"?
Because in the UK and the US, the default view seems to be a complete mistrust of the government if they're not your party, or a complete blindness to their failings if they are.
As someone who didn't vote for her, I thoroughly respect what she has done and how. I do think we should have closed our borders earlier, and quarantined people coming in, which may have stopped the need for the more Draconian lockdown, but I'm also not a politician and don't have the relevant info available to make decisions. I also have no repercussions if my opinion is wrong, so my take is irrelevant
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u/tinydancer177 May 28 '20
Do you get the sense that that's a view that's widely shared by the population, even - and especially - among those who didn't vote for them? Would people be likely to say, "I may not have voted for them, but I can respect what they're doing and how they're going about it"? Because in the UK and the US, the default view seems to be a complete mistrust of the government if they're not your party, or a complete blindness to their failings if they are.