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Many people vote for parties, not individual politicians. Unless a politician fucks up so badly that they completely ruin their party's reputation, people will
by kijin 4y ago
Many people vote for parties, not individual politicians.
Unless a politician fucks up so badly that they completely ruin their party's reputation, people will keep voting for whichever candidate their favorite party endorses.
Parties have gotten clever, too. They'll quickly throw a troublemaker overboard than risk ruining the whole party's reputation. The conservatives in UK quickly got rid of Liz Truss. Few members of the People Power Party in South Korea are even trying to defend Kim Jin-tae now. Likewise, the party has more or less abandoned the head of Yongsan-gu district who is currently taking a lot of heat for October's Itaewon disaster. The party leaders are probably too busy arguing who to endorse in the readily foreseeable by-election.