Theoretical exercise: What should be on a political literacy test to vote

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Oh yeah. Those Democrats are total evil. Thanks for reminding me. Good thing we have those upstanding GQP member, party of Lincoln what freed the slaves, protecting our civil rights. whew.

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gotta add some basic economics to the test as well: what has a bigger effect on inflation, M1 supply or unemployment?

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1st question: What is the difference between a president and a king?
a. A king can do whatever he wants
b. A president can do whatever he wants
c. Liberals can suck it
d. TRUMP 2024!!!

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e. Trump is king FOREVA

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Iā€™d go for something simple and mostly bipartisan:

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I think it would be cool if we had a test that prevented 95% of people from voting. Coincidentally, Iā€™m sure I could pass it.

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Q2 ā€œWhat is the air speed velocity of a swallow?ā€

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laden or unladen?

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Unladen, of course

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African or European?

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Thatā€™s racist!

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May I vote now?

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I donā€™t particularly care how politically literate a person is for their vote to count. I just want to make sure the person knows what the candidate theyā€™re voting for ostensibly believes. So in my world, instead of filling out a little bubble for D.A. John Smith (R), you would instead be filling out a bubble along the lines of John Smith (R) has campaigned on the issue of increased enforcement and stiffer penalties for drug crimes. (T/F). If you are correct, your vote counts. If not, it doesnā€™t.

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The problem with this is that choosing which issue and how the question is worded could have a huge impact. Ostensibly the D and R next to the name let you know what their main positions are.

Otherwise you could get-
ā€œD candidate campaigned on using your taxes to pay for the killing of unborn babies, True/Falseā€

Or to write your own instead of your opponentā€™s
ā€œIā€™m the only major candidate in the race that does not want to use your taxes to pay for the killing of unborn babiesā€

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It would only work, If some non-partisan group (if that exists) put together a FAQ on the candidates positions all had to study from. Otherwise a voter may truly answer something he actually heard about a candidate, even if not true or as many candidates talk out of both sides of their mouth they may state different positions in different speeches

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What, I donā€™t know that

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Q1: Who is the CURRENT President of the United States?
Q2: Who is the CURRENT Vice President of the United States?

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  1. Trump
  2. Also Trump
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No vote for you

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No no thatā€™s what the bridge keeper says next!

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What their position is, what their dark money funding tells them, how they have voted in the past, what their website says? I think we need to be a little more specific if youā€™re using this as a criteria for counting votes.