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Originally Posted by GirlySports
In a way that's what we want. The Alberta PC Leadership nomination is this way or else it would be elitist. Is ranking candidates 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place on a ballot any better?
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At least runoffs you end up with a candidate that the majority supports, which isn't great itself but at least is better than a candidate that only 30% supported.
The thing about democracy and voting is people suck, and idea that a general populace has the tools and information to make a good decision on almost any issue or candidate at all is laughable. Just look at the the interaction with the news and polling... These additional emails come out and it's wall to wall coverage, and the big question isn't the actual issue (which in this case it can't be because there was zero information) it's how will these issues impact the polls. Presidential debate performances are analyzed to the nth degree and a look at a watch or a cough can shift the polls.
That's because humans by default don't make decisions based on rational reasons, we make decisions for much deeper and simpler reasons and then come up with logical reasons to rationalize them. It takes effort to do otherwise.
That's not a formula for good decision making. The alternatives are worse though, so there's not much can be done.
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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
FBI Director James Comey argued privately that it was too close to Election Day for the United States government to name Russia as meddling in the U.S. election and ultimately ensured that the FBI's name was not on the document that the U.S. government put out, a former FBI official tells CNBC.
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I mean when one of the most conservative members of Congress (Jim Jordan) questions the action...