No matter how all these challenging questions are resolved the increasing contentiousness has left the two candidates -- and more importantly their distinct constituencies -- badly alienated.
The Labour MP David Lammy, whose north London constituency was badly hit last August, said the compensation system had failed victims and the wider community.
Tim Farron, the Liberal Democrat leader whose Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency was badly hit by the floods, said: "We must look at every flooding proposal to mitigate flooding and to support the thousands of people who are worried about their homes.
Republicans won when we reached out to embrace both of these traditional constituencies; we lost badly when we abandoned that Reagan legacy.
Mr Hammond, whose Runnymede constituency has been badly hit, said some constituents had expressed concerns that there were too many public agencies operating on the ground, potentially causing confusion.
Photograph: BBC Parliament Madeleine Moon, the Labour MP for Bridgend, says that her constituency suffered very badly when there was a spate of teenage suicides in the areas.
This was a savvy choice since education often shows up in polls as a top issue for Hispanic voters, a constituency that Mr. Romney badly needs to win over, especially in swing states like Nevada, Florida and Colorado.
In local elections in May it stormed ahead in the party's traditional strongholds like Rotherham in Yorkshire, where it won ten of the available 21 council seats—and in bellwethers like Thurrock, an Essex constituency that Labour badly needs to win from the Tories at next May's general election.
The Lib Dem leader, whose Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency has been badly hit by the floods, wrote: "That rhetoric [on the northern powerhouse] must now be backed up by action – it is essential that areas in Cumbria which have been hit by flooding are now given the resources they need to rebuild.
The Tory MP Chris Philp, who represents the badly affected constituency of Croydon South, called for urgent legislation to end the misery for passengers.
Responding to claims – including from the Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, whose constituency was among those badly affected – that some schemes that were promised after previous floods had been shelved, Bevan said those dealing with a "particularly urgent need" were prioritised.
