While the photos and videos of the AFC rallies look energetic and enthusiastic, we still have to look at the hard numbers.
So far the consensus is that APNU will get its 40% or so votes cast given that it will increase its voter turnout from the last elections. Even a 2% lesser percentage of votes cast can be considered a good turnout.
The question has always been the AFC's numbers. Will Moses keep his share of the disaffected PPP voters and increase it? Will the disaffected PPP supporters feel the distrust of the APNU part of the coalition is too great a risk to not vote PPP?
The AFC crowds tell one picture - optimism. will this translate to polling booth traffic for AFC?
We already know that this election will not be about economic performance or under-performance, and we know that the economic campaigns have been in the negative - who blocked what and such-and-such was blocked for lack of transparency or profligacy or inefficiency.
With this less attention to how people feel about their economic prospects, the feel-good for rural Guyana and urban construction boom may pale as factors when measured against the incessant charges of corruption. I had once argued that the violence seem to not stick as an indictment of the PPP nor the image of narcotics run amok. But the corruption may well feed the need for change. And for once there is a personality that's leading the charge that embodies that cry and that integrity, as to mute questions about its partner APNU's previous history. That's Moses's burden. There are a few weeks remaining but Moses seem to wear that burden comfortably.