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> problem is that honest politicians are uncommon I don't think that's true at all. My impression is that there are honest and honorable politicians in both pa

• AnthonyMouse 2y ago
  It's because of the two party system. Since there are only two parties, that allows special interests to capture the two party organizations, who control which candidate their party puts on the ballot. You can see this in what happened to Bernie Sanders in the run-up to the 2016 election, or Ron Paul a couple cycles before that. This is also what sets the stage for candidates like Trump, not because Trump doesn't trade favors but because voters get so sick of being force-fed establishment candidates that any opportunity to set the status quo on fire starts to look attractive. STAR voting might help with this, because then you get more than two viable parties/candidates and each one is a chance to put a non-corrupt candidate on the ballot.