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>> American voters don't expect their governments to be good at this kind of thing. European voters would vote politicians out of office if their transit system
by icelancer 8y ago
>> American voters don't expect their governments to be good at this kind of thing. European voters would vote politicians out of office if their transit systems got as bad as the NY subway has become. It would be seen as a failure to execute one of the basic duties of government.
Americans often vote those people out of office and their replacements are equally useless or worse.
- wonderwonder 8y agoUnfortunately that's often not accurate. The vast majority of the time the incumbent wins. We vote by party here and if the incumbent is our party rep. we will vote for them regardless of track record as we assume the other party is worse. We have created a system where results often don't matter as long as there is the correct capital letter next to your name on the ballot. Compounding this further is that politicians know that they can count on your vote but they rely on the money of industry and lobbyists to campaign. Thus the very industry that is supposed to be fixing the problem under contract is able to overcharge and take longer than agreed becuase our politicians rely on them for funding. https://www.opensecrets.org/overview/reelect.php https://www.opensecrets.org/overview/reelect.php