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Instead of televised debates with only questions about policy, how about interspersing basic factual questions like this? Maybe even ask them to “show their wor
by karmelapple 5y ago
Instead of televised debates with only questions about policy, how about interspersing basic factual questions like this? Maybe even ask them to “show their work,” either aloud or in writing, to demonstrate they know why a particular answer is true?
Allow viewers at home to also answer the question. See how the collective audience does against the candidates.
- HWR_14 5y agoThe NYC mayor's democratic primary race did that. "What is the average price for a new home in Brooklyn". No one was within an order of magnitude, including people who worked in the housing administration a few years ago. Actually, come to think of it, there were similar quizzes in the democratic primary in SF.
- exegete 5y agoA few of the candidates did get the exact answer or were within 10% of it https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/nyc-mayor-candidates-claim-median-cost-of-brooklyn-home-is-below-dollar100k/ar-BB1gCgo6 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/nyc-mayor-candidates... I think only one was “an order of magnitude” off.
- reducesuffering 5y agoOne said 80-90k and another said 100k. Median is 900k, so yes only one was literally an order of magnitude, but these are both absolutely delusional. Where do they find these charlatans? Oh wait… “ Donovan who was the New York Housing and Urban Development secretary from 2009 to 2014, and director of the US Office of Management and Budget from 2014 to 2017.”
- exegete 5y agoAgreed. The ones that were way off should know better. The candidate that said 90k was laughable!
- HWR_14 5y agoTwo were an order of magnitude off. You are correct that others were much closer. The winner of the primary only about 40% under - and he was the Brooklyn Borough President.