It seems that more and more that people are turning away from political ideologies, but particularly in the US. Rather than voting on a concrete philosophical idea to which a politician will turn when deciding how to deal with a new question of policy, it seems to end up being more or less random in the US.
Is there any discernible reason either of you have noticed which explains this lack of ideological consistency in US politics? Abroad, politicians seem to be much less "per issue" about how they vote. There generally seems to be a prevailing idea to many of the parties. In the US we don't have this. The platforms of the Democratic and Republican parties are a disaster of logical inconsistency and double standards, and I'm genuinely curious if there's some kind of cultural reason for it. I've talked to online friends, at least in Europe, about this and it doesn't seem to be the case overseas.
On a similar strand: Will your PAC have any sort of guidelines for candidates other than supporting campaign finance reform? Will you just support the one who does, and is likely to win in a certain voting area? I ask because of the ridiculously divisive "issues" among US voters (abortion rights, marriage equality, social safety nets).
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It seems that more and more that people are turning away from political ideologies, but particularly in the US. Rather than voting on a concrete philosophical idea to which a politician will turn when deciding how to deal with a new question of policy, it seems to end up being more or less random in the US.
Is there any discernible reason either of you have noticed which explains this lack of ideological consistency in US politics? Abroad, politicians seem to be much less "per issue" about how they vote. There generally seems to be a prevailing idea to many of the parties. In the US we don't have this. The platforms of the Democratic and Republican parties are a disaster of logical inconsistency and double standards, and I'm genuinely curious if there's some kind of cultural reason for it. I've talked to online friends, at least in Europe, about this and it doesn't seem to be the case overseas.
On a similar strand: Will your PAC have any sort of guidelines for candidates other than supporting campaign finance reform? Will you just support the one who does, and is likely to win in a certain voting area? I ask because of the ridiculously divisive "issues" among US voters (abortion rights, marriage equality, social safety nets).
Thanks much
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