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We should have elections with no candidates. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by JamesStallion@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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All us WEIRD (western educated industrialized rich democratic) countries seem to spend a really embarrassing amount of time talking about the pointless minutiae surrounding our candidates for office and their personal lives.

We are also prone to backing very crap candidates based on personality, rhetoric, appearance ie: things that have nothing to do with being a good executive or legislator.

I think we should ban names from the election process and just have each party submit their ideas in writing and let people vote based on those submissions.

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[โ€“] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I tried one of those surveys before the last election, and it concluded that I was most closely aligned with the Green Party. Alas, they don't have a chance in Hell where I am. They are so far off the radar I wasn't even aware they were fielding a candidate in my district. But it does make me wonder though. If such surveys actually informed how people vote, would the balance of power shift? I think it would help if our voting system (I'm in Canada) changed to something other than first-past-the-post?

[โ€“] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Moving away from FPTP is, for democracy, the crucial first step that very few seem to have taken.