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Originally Posted by Cameron Swift
Reflecting on the trend towards nastiness in recent elections, I'm becoming disillusioned with the political process. My outlandish suggestion would be for each candidate to submit their platform to the elections body (here's what I'll do, here's what I won't do) They mail out a pamphlet to each household detailing the candidate's platforms a week before the election and then you go vote. No arguing, no campaigning, no attacking. Everyone just politely accepts the result and continues on with their life.
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That's fair, but the counter argument to that and its come up in the past is you release your platform and the other party steals it and takes credit for it, that's why opposition parties won't do it, and that's why incumbent parties campaign more on their track record and are vague going forward.