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In this situation, you're voting for party based on platform policy for each position, not people. The actual officeholders are decided later by the party. It'
by mozumder 10y ago
In this situation, you're voting for party based on platform policy for each position, not people. The actual officeholders are decided later by the party.
It's hard for a committee to be dishonest.
- mikeash 10y agoOK, replace "candidate" with "party" in my objection, I don't think that changes anything. If you think parties have a hard time being dishonest... would you like to buy a bridge?
- mozumder 10y agoThe answers are basically party platform. Party activists would temper dishonesty, because they want their party to achieve their publicly stated goals. Why would you join an anti-abortion party if you believe in abortion? People think politicians don't keep their promise, but they actually keep their promise far more than they don't: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trust-us-politicians-keep-most-of-their-promises/ http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trust-us-politicians-kee...