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As the other responder said, boring non-charismatic people do not get elected in the US for President. The Democrat Party has been trying this over and over an
by magduf 8y ago
As the other responder said, boring non-charismatic people do not get elected in the US for President. The Democrat Party has been trying this over and over and over, and losing easily-winnable elections as a result. The latest election with Hillary losing is the most visible example of this phenomenon: she had no charisma at all, and lost to someone who was extremely polarizing.
It doesn't work this way in other countries because they don't elect their executives. In Parliamentary systems, the Parliament chooses the executive, rather than that person being chosen in a popular election. So the executive only needs to be charismatic enough to win a seat in parliament, not so popular as to win a nationwide popular election for a single and critical post.
- bryanlarsen 8y agoWhen marking the ballot in a parliamentary election, people put the X beside the name of their chosen representative for their local district, but in practice that name often has very little impact on the vote. The party and its leader have far more sway in most voters' minds than the local representative.