> I'll self-appoint as an intelligent voter. I think you might be one too. The problem is that not everyone is. That sounds like a dictatorship. > Steven Hawk

> I'll self-appoint as an intelligent voter. I think you might be one too. The problem is that not everyone is. That sounds like a dictatorship. > Steven Hawking --or someone like him-- could never become president. FDR and polio. Anyways, the fundamental problem with your proposal is that every candidate is still going to be inclined to act as close as possible to how they currently act while still staying with in the rule established. They will want to do this because that is how they get votes. The problem is the electorate not the candidates or the system, the people get the candidate they collectively want, and in many ways deserve.