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Bruggen showed me the way to De Standaard's Poll advice. I was surprised. Apparently, I have a lot in common with the Spirit party, which I marked as 'irrelevant" (because too small and too dispersed internally), and I hardly agree with SP.A, while I was thinking about voting for Patrick Janssen (if he is electable).

This seems to indicate that I'm not as well-informed as I believed I was. However, my preference was maybe not inspired by the programmes, but by the persons. Spirit is a club of highly intellectual we-should-doers, while Mr. Janssen is more of a doer. This doesn't necessarily mean that I agree with everything SP.A does, but I do believe that the city of Antwerp needs a strong personality to lead the city, instead of a Mrs. nice grandmother. But there don't seem to be many strong personalities who are willing to take lead of our city.

Note to self: in a previous life, Mr. Janssen was head of an advertising firm. Maybe, just maybe, can that explain my perception of him.

Todo: inform self better before half May.

Later: the upcoming elections are for government, not for city counsel. This again demonstrates that I really should get started informing myself. Of course, some parties have only one programme point: "we want in!" (N-VA). Bellybutton staring like that hardly encourages me to get an informed opinion.