▲ 629 ▼ lets stop thinking guys (feddit.nl) submitted 4 months ago by blinfabian@feddit.nl to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 525 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 child) Which makes it all the more important for candidate not to pull a Harris and try to gaslight voters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MrSmiley@lemmy.zip -2 points 4 months ago When parties are roughly evenly matched, elections often turn on irrelevant or misleading considerations such as economic spurts or downturns beyond the incumbents’ control; the outcomes are essentially random. Thus, voters do not control the course of public policy, even indirectly. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691169446/democracy-for-realists permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrSmiley@lemmy.zip -2 points 4 months ago When parties are roughly evenly matched, elections often turn on irrelevant or misleading considerations such as economic spurts or downturns beyond the incumbents’ control; the outcomes are essentially random. Thus, voters do not control the course of public policy, even indirectly. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691169446/democracy-for-realists permalink fedilink source parent
