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I believe OP is correct that voting on issues leads to affective death spirals. But the idea that we can vote on character presupposes a population composed soley of rational, non-party-affiliated politicians; and it furthermore presupposes that rational politicians will agree on value issues, which I believe is not at all the case.
Would you vote for Sarah Palin if you thought she had a good character? Would you be more likely to vote for her if you thought she was extremely competent at getting things done?
I would prefer, in decreasing order of preference:
I would prefer an ornamental cabbage to a rock, personally.
But would you be willing to vote for a rock if it put the ornamantal cabbage on the ticket in the VP slot?
Yeah, I take the long view about ornamental cabbage politics. VP experience will make it easier to elect next time.