Handing out flyers for my political party (the VVD) in East Groningen, I got into a conversation with an older man. I could not immediately persuade him to vote for the VVD. He didn’t know yet. When I asked him if he would at least promise me that he would vote, he replied: ‘I don’t know. I made a promise once and regretted it all my life.”
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A version of this article also appeared in the newspaper of March 16, 2023