 [...] D'Andre Wright, 18, a first-time voter, said the Smith story was simply a distraction.‘That is fine and dandy but we need to focus on what the FNM can do better than the government,’ she said.”

Many Bahamian voters wanted a more transparent government from the 2007 election, because the economy in 2007 was “anaemic,” they viewed the previous administration as unproductive, and there was a rising crime rate.Ingraham was voted over Christie because people wanted change.