Quote Originally Posted by Original Poster View Post
Why are we talking in circles? Getting votes depends only on providing lip service to public opinion, not on your voting record. Even if people cared about your voting record, you wouldn't be a candidate at all if your voting record reflected what people actually wanted. How many fucking times are you going to make me say it?
Then votes matter to politicians. Stop playing dodgeball.

Quote Originally Posted by cmind View Post
UM, it might be helpful to think of it like the board of directors of a large corporation. The board needs to elect a new CEO, so they go ahead and select two candidates that best serve the interests of the board. Then they put a vote to the shareholders, each one telling them whatever nonsense they think will make them cast their vote for them. But in the end, one of the two guys was going to be CEO.
Let's say that's how it works. Don't votes matter to the candidates once they are at the point of election?