blogospheroid comments on Vote Qualifications, Not Issues - Less Wrong

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Comment author: blogospheroid 27 September 2010 06:30:26AM 3 points [-]

May not be relevant in all political situations.

In India, political parties are essentially community or caste groups. They vary their policies wildly depending on who is in power at the given moment. The expectations of the peple are also molded accordingly. They expect politicians to be hypocritical. There are ideology based parties, but those are fewer and far inbetween.