I am startled by the assertion that 50% of the American voters are just plain stupid.  so, say we compare the alleged stupidity of the American voter with the alleged stupidity of the Canadian voter (you just ask anyone involved in a rant about the unfair and completely stupid victory of the Liberal party in the last Canadian federal election: how stupid are Canadian voters if you thought 'the other party' should have won) - how does Canada compare?  Then, would you be prepared to offer up some kind of 'voter stupidity' measure, whereby we evaluate voter stupidity on some kind of international scale in order to identify 'smart outcomes of an election' VS 'stupid outcomes caused by stupid voters'?  Such a measure might be useful to politicians hoping to win in spite of voter stupidity and it might encourage tactics encouraging the stupid voters to just never mind voting because their stupid voting just gets in the way of the smart outcome.  OR, we all get one vote, stupid or not.

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