The old + wealthy people who vote in those elections don't worry about perfection, they just vote the old + wealthy slate and look for the odd dog whistle. If

The old + wealthy people who vote in those elections don't worry about perfection, they just vote the old + wealthy slate and look for the odd dog whistle. If you skim the positions and get an 80% hit rate on policies which actually match yours (which means you screw it up and guess wrong 20% of the time) that is still way better than not participating at all.