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Problem is when you cast your vote based on a position and they change their mind after because it's not popular with donors etc.

• duxup 3y ago
  If it isn’t popular with voters I wouldn’t call that “popular opinion”.
  • eesmith 3y ago
    "popular with donors" can be a far smaller set of people than voters.
    • duxup 3y ago
      I don’t think about fits the context of what I was responding to originally.
      • eesmith 3y ago
        I think zdragnar's position is that there can multiple reasons for someone to change their position; two being "genuinely changing their mind" (making them "thoughtful"), and "someone merely switching to a now-popular position" (making them "someone who lacks conviction and unreliable"). Your view seems to be the inner state doesn't matter - they still represent the will of the people they represent. morkalork's position seems to be that if someone lacks conviction and is unreliable then a problem may be they get elected then switch to represent the interests of a donor more than the electors.
  • pjc50 3y ago
    "unpopular populism" is definitely a thing; policies presented as populist that are only supported by a minority. Usually because that minority is "swing" voters.