"The turnout for the election wasn't even 40% of eligiblevoters. The winner got a slight majority of that, so four out of five people DIDN'T vote for him. So from that he concludes he has a popular 'mandate'?!"
A system where two people that represent the richminoritycompete to see who can trick more people that they are actually going to do something in their interests.
Why the fuck vote? We all know whoever wins is going to be a Republican/Democrat and they're both going to tell us that they represent the working man while fucking everyone but the rich.
Many Democratic primaryvoters voted for John Kerry in 2004 because they believed he was the only candidate with enough electability to be able to beat Republican George W. Bush in the Presidental Election.