My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen

It's like a boxing match:
In the Red Corner - the present champion, with the clunking fist - strong (although nail biting and dithering) and riding roughshod over friend and enemy alike, canny and tricky(trying to pretend that he had no part in the failures over the last 10 years).
But lacking any sort of technique or policy, he will slug things out as before.

In the Blue Corner - the challenger, made some mistakes, inexperienced at the political game, but coming good in recent days. Intelligent approach and would win on style. Honest (what you see is what you get) Has a better supporting team, and more thought-out policy/strategy.

Who will win, and by what means, in this clash of styles? Is it important?

Isn't this a little demeaning - to treat the election as a single contest, when there 600+ other contests on the same day? Perhaps, but to judge from the newspapers it seems like a presidential election and the supporting bouts serve only to give a numerical victory, and the other victorious contestants are then largely ignored (for the last ten years) until they are whipped into action by the Champions seconds!
Brian R.