Changes: Polls

Revision as of 13:33, 22 August 2012

Calvin often created polls to show his approval rating for his father, acting out an electoral campaign manager's role towards his candidate. One instance excepted, the polls were invariably very negative, representing Calvin's discontentment.

Calvin used the polls to try and improve his life at home; he anticipated that his father, aiming to re-mediate his low popularity, would give him whatever he wanted (including driving lessons, a shorter school week, later bedtimes, and more allowence) to regain the public's admiration. Calvin's father, naturally, saw right through Calvin's scheme and refused to comply with his son's demands. The polls usually reflected Calvin's father's likeability more than approval for his actual government, although occasionally his indecisiveness and unpopular policies were studied as well.

In The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book, Bill Watterson explained that the polls Calvin creates are a reflection of how government seems more and more poll-driven to him. This implies that Calvin's father is a freethinker capable of seeing past popularity.

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 [[File:Poll.png|thumb|left]][[Calvin]] often created '''polls''' to show his approval rating for his [[dad|father]], acting out an electoral campaign manager's role towards his candidate. One instance excepted, the polls were invariably very negative, representing [[Calvin]]'s discontentment.
-[[Calvin]] used the polls to try and improve his life at home; he anticipated that [[Calvin's father|his father]], aiming to re-mediate his low popularity, would give him whatever he wanted (including driving lessons, a shorter school week, and later bedtimes) to regain the public's admiration. [[Calvin's father]], naturally, saw right through [[Calvin]]'s scheme and refused to comply with his son's demands. The polls usually reflected [[Calvin's father]]'s likeability more than approval for his actual government, although occasionally his indecisiveness and unpopular policies were studied as well.
+[[Calvin]] used the polls to try and improve his life at home; he anticipated that [[Calvin's father|his father]], aiming to re-mediate his low popularity, would give him whatever he wanted (including driving lessons, a shorter school week, later bedtimes, and more allowence) to regain the public's admiration. [[Calvin's father]], naturally, saw right through [[Calvin]]'s scheme and refused to comply with his son's demands. The polls usually reflected [[Calvin's father]]'s likeability more than approval for his actual government, although occasionally his indecisiveness and unpopular policies were studied as well.
 In ''[[The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book]]'', [[Bill Watterson]] explained that the polls [[Calvin]] creates are a reflection of how government seems more and more poll-driven to him. This implies that [[Calvin's father]] is a freethinker capable of seeing past popularity.