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I think that's pretty disingenuous. Humans are vulnerable to influence. In theory that is a feature more than a bug, but that's not super relevant to this point

I think that's pretty disingenuous. Humans are vulnerable to influence. In theory that is a feature more than a bug, but that's not super relevant to this point. There are a number of steps that our country could take towards having elections that require or at least strongly encourage more informed voting. I think a solid first step would be stripping all party affiliations from the ballots. If you want to vote for only one party blindly, that's fine, but you are going to need to memorize the name of the Democrat running for the school board then. Other/alternative steps include switching to STV or Ranked Choice voting, and anything that discourages a duopoly in political parties, such as mixed member proportional representation and perhaps even making the president an appointed position. Some of that is pretty out there though.

toomuchtodo 9y ago
That's not a rebuttal. That's finding ways around lazy voters. The problem is the electorate. No one likes Congress, but everyone who voted voted for someone in Congress.
- bluGill 9y ago
  That is not a contradiction. Most people like their congressman, even while hating congress in general. There are 432 of them in the house, you vote for exactly one of them (assuming you are not committing fraud). In Red states the majority likes the republicans in congress and hate the democrats, in blue states the majority likes the democrats and hate the republicans.
- s73ver_ 9y ago
  You're comparing two different things. How you feel your Congress people are doing, and how you feel Congress is doing as a whole.
  - toomuchtodo 9y ago
    Enough people think their congressperson is doing well enough to keep them around while Congress as a whole is riding the country into the ground. Who's right?
    - s73ver_ 9y ago
      Those aren't incongruent thoughts. My one person in Congress can only do so much, and I can believe that they are trying to do the right thing, while being blocked by groups from other states.

toomuchtodo 9y ago

That's not a rebuttal. That's finding ways around lazy voters. The problem is the electorate. No one likes Congress, but everyone who voted voted for someone in Congress.

bluGill 9y ago
That is not a contradiction. Most people like their congressman, even while hating congress in general. There are 432 of them in the house, you vote for exactly one of them (assuming you are not committing fraud). In Red states the majority likes the republicans in congress and hate the democrats, in blue states the majority likes the democrats and hate the republicans.
s73ver_ 9y ago
You're comparing two different things. How you feel your Congress people are doing, and how you feel Congress is doing as a whole.
- toomuchtodo 9y ago
  Enough people think their congressperson is doing well enough to keep them around while Congress as a whole is riding the country into the ground. Who's right?
  - s73ver_ 9y ago
    Those aren't incongruent thoughts. My one person in Congress can only do so much, and I can believe that they are trying to do the right thing, while being blocked by groups from other states.