Let's imagine politics boiled down to yes or no answers or opinions to questions. Now the chance of a politician holding the same view as you would be simplistically 50%. Using my A level statistics (they said I never would) and imagining there is only 10 issues in politics (gross under exaggeration) the chance of any politician agreeing with everything we think is one over two to the power 10 or around 0.1%. Let's say there are 4 main parties that you should even bother voting for with our flawed system (over exaggeration) then the chances of finding a politician that agrees with you is extremely slim. This means compromise, let's say compromise on what you believe about small issues like abortion, capital punishment or opinions on marriage. I'm not sure of you agree but that strikes me as quite flawed, what's the point in a party? To do politics for you? I guess it is in a way but there's no need to leave all the power in their hands.
One solution is to allow people to vote on many issues in referendums. We have the tech for cheap and regular votes, why not use it? The benefits would be threefold. Firstly politicians would be reminded on a regular basis who's boss, everyone would be drawn to politics and compromises would be limited. I'd say I'm using my A level statistics to great effect.
One solution is to allow people to vote on many issues in referendums. We have the tech for cheap and regular votes, why not use it? The benefits would be threefold. Firstly politicians would be reminded on a regular basis who's boss, everyone would be drawn to politics and compromises would be limited. I'd say I'm using my A level statistics to great effect.
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