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There's going to be problems as long as money gives such a big boost towards being elected. Could candidates have standardized, free/fixed low price advertisem
by Gravityloss 11y ago
There's going to be problems as long as money gives such a big boost towards being elected.
Could candidates have standardized, free/fixed low price advertisement? At least some portion of it?
There they would get to state their goals and views, and people could make an informed decision on who to vote.
There are "voting advice applications" where a voter can answer a web quiz and then see which candidate answered closest to them, with explanations, comes closest. We have a few of those, by broadcasting companies, newspapers and magazines here, and I believe they have some effect at least on candidate discovery. Then they can go to the candidate's web site to learn more. I'm from a country that has a multi party system though. As far as I know, it doesn't cost anything for the candidate to participate (answering the quiz), and the money comes from ads / general visibility to the quiz host.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_advice_application https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_advice_application