Home General Asylum

General audio topics that don't fit into specific categories.

I don't think SO!

I study voting behavior and know from mine and other's research that only a small fraction of even voters are even minimally informed. Eighty-seven percent of voters vote their party identification with few even knowing the position of their party's candidates. Also nearly 90 percent of the time the candidate spending the most money wins and he is usually the incumbent. It is a chicken and egg conundrum. Interests invest in the incumbents because they win, and thus incumbents spend more and win.

I don't know how one measure's openness, but I know the Dutch and English feel more freedom to critize officials and strikes are much more common in France and Italy.

Also no other democracy allows the multiple millions of dollars to be spent on elections. U.S. Representative typically spend more than a million to win their offices. Money is the root of our problem.


This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
  Kimber Kable  


Follow Ups Full Thread
Follow Ups


You can not post to an archived thread.