Would this make a better voting system in the US?

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What if we changed the voting system so that people don't get to "vote" for a candidate at all.
Voters would instead get a list of the current topics and for each topic they choose if they are for or against the topic. Their vote is then cast for the candidate that answered the most questions the same as the voter. This ensures you vote for the candidate that most represents what you want or if you really wanted a specific candidate then you would have to at least know 100% what they stand for. This would also prevent people voting for people based solely on looks, party affiliation, or name recognition.

darrin b · Accepted Answer

No.

That's why you have to vote for candidates who support what's important to you.

Chewy Ivan 2 · Answer

Fine.

Who gets to make-up the questions and answers?  I assume it will be multiple choice for this whole thing to work.  How do we make sure they don't favor a particular candidate, which answers designed to portray certain answers with a negative connotation and others with a positive one?  If if we do make sure they aren't biased, how do we defend against accusations that they are?

Can we just vote by name while we wait for the legal challenges to the impartiality of the test are heard?

Anonymous · Answer

No, because voters might have a perfectly good reason for not wanting to vote for a specific candidate. I might agree with John Smith on every issue, but then he was convicted of rape 20 years ago. So I have no desire to vote for him.

? · Answer

All I want is for them to get rid of the archaic Electoral College

Yours is not a bad idea though

Spock (rhp) · Answer

oh, good -- so how are you going to prevent the candidates from lying left, right, and center about which positions they'll support?

Would this make a better voting system in the US?

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