Today, Zimbabweans were faced with a single-candidate election in a land with seven-digit inflation where most people eat a single meal each day.

CNN: Zimbabwe: Comrade Fatso blogs for

Traditional Unionist Voice leader Jim Allister has called for a single unionist candidate to contest the by-election.

BBC: Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness resigns as Mid-Ulster MP

The pair resigned from the UUP earlier this month after the party agreed to a single unionist candidate to contest the Mid Ulster by-election on 7 March.

BBC: Basil McCrea and John McCallister set up new unionist party

For many voters, this is a single-issue election that drives them to favor one candidate or another, but all voters are driven by one factor more powerful than all the others: their gut feelings.

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