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From the Canadian (and Australian) perspective, we have our share of stupid voters, and stupid politicians but we still have political parties that

Posted by Roger More (aka RogerMore) May 29 '12, 08:15

tend to converge on the centre come election time. So we don't necessarily see stupid voters leading to a majority of stupid politicians.

Of course, our candidates are chosen through internal party politics, not through a primary system, and while we have constitutional checks and balances, they aren't as rigorous as the ones on the US Constitution.

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*Toronto elected Rob Ford.* apparently we are morons. -- nm - Andie May 29, 08:30
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- I'm thinking more of congressional elections. If the main contest is at the primary, there's no incentive for the candidate to skew to the centre in - Roger More May 29, 08:24
and then also, there's the independent federal agency tasked with elections - Reagen May 29, 08:17 2
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- I don't care whether it is done at the state or the federal level - but whatever body is responsible for overseeing the election should be politically - Roger More May 29, 08:21

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