What is Democracy and how can it work?

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In a democracy do you vote for a person or for a policy?

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    yangforward Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    In a democracy do you vote for a person or for a policy?

    If you wish then please explain and use examples if
    it will help clarify the point.
     
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    yangforward Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I'm no expert and that is often why I open a thread
    in the hope an expert will come along and post.

    In my experience elections have usually been a
    choice between candidates where each candidate
    has made clear the policy they will pursue.

    That is a good plan if the candidate has integrity,
    and completely believes in what they are advocating.

    Hillary Clinton explained that she is not such a
    simple person, that she explains one thing in public
    and something else in private.

    Donnie made a multitude of off-the-cuff statements
    from his own personal feelings which came out so
    immediately but were sufficiently in agreement to
    show that they were what he was actually involved
    in thinking at the time. Like him or loathe him, he
    was for real.

    In both cases voting for the person makes sense.
     
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    yangforward Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    When a person is hidden from public view, due
    to COVID for example, as Biden was, voting for
    a candidate can go badly wrong.
     
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    Camel hair is keeping a low profile, pretending not
    to be interested in winning.

    If she wins she will be worse than Biden.
     

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