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Comment author: Raw_Power 06 July 2011 09:03:27PM 1 point [-]

Actually this would work nicely if the body that makes this survey doesn't work for any of the candidates, but either has independent votes or is funded by the voters. It would then be in their best interest to show the voters all the evidence, rather than "all the true evidence that serves my candidate".

In other words, if you want to intervene in politics as a rational agent, you shouldn't work for any party: you should work for the public at large! Which brings us to the following question: what is the necessity, nay, the justification for parties existing in this day and age? Aren't there better alternatives in making governments be the faithful servants of popular will, rather than, say, of their own existence or of the interests of a particular group of people?

Comment author: pnrjulius 09 June 2012 12:32:22AM 1 point [-]

There are such organizations, and in general the information they put out is a lot more reliable, for exactly these reasons.

Comment author: Raw_Power 02 July 2012 09:11:24PM 3 points [-]

Name three.

Comment author: pnrjulius 05 July 2012 04:32:06AM 1 point [-]

Politico, PolitiFact, FactCheck.org

Comment author: Raw_Power 09 July 2012 02:44:08PM 0 points [-]

Thank you very much for sharing these. I am very glad to find out that such organizations exist.