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This model essentially glosses over the phenomenona of policies sold to voters as fixes for their problems by dishonest media. It also assumes that politicians
by pydry 5y ago
This model essentially glosses over the phenomenona of policies sold to voters as fixes for their problems by dishonest media.
It also assumes that politicians essentially only want one term and would be perfectly content to be destroyed electorally in their third term if they can win their second term.
- lkrubner 5y agoNo, it assumes amnesia on the part of the voters. There is an abundance of evidence backing up the assumption of amnesia. Study after study shows that voters are only paying attention for the 6 months before an election. Even where 80% of the voters follow events and are well informed, the election is determined by the 20% who are poorly informed. There is a fix for this, discussed here: https://demodexio.substack.com/p/how-to-fix-democracy-empower-the?s=w https://demodexio.substack.com/p/how-to-fix-democracy-empowe...