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Should complex scientific or economic issues be decided by public vote or trusted experts?

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 @9H7MC2G from Michigan  answered…2yrs2Y

Both opinions should be considered, but overall this country is based on the idea of popular sovereignty and it would be unwise to deconstruct what our country was built on, as it was build on these core principals for a reason.

 @9H7LZ8L from Texas  answered…2yrs2Y

Trusted experts. I feel like it should be obvious that experts in a field have more knowledge than the public.

 @9H7M64K from Florida  answered…2yrs2Y

By trusted experts because they know the full concepts and know the effects of each decison, most people dont care about it and will vote whatever.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…12mos12MO

“Throw out everything you thought you knew about this election.”

By Chuck Todd, NBC News:We are getting awfully close to the moment when it might be fair to say, “Throw out everything you thought you knew about this election.”We are now going from a presidential campaign that left the public disinterested and at times disgusted it to a campaign that I could see generating an electorate that might be as interested, if not more so, as in 2008 and 2020, two of the highest-turnout elections in the last 50 years.If the Democrats do end up with a new nominee — and it’s looking more likely by the hour that they will — that, too, is likely to suddenly trigger interest in what the new nominee has to say, which in turn could engage the electorate in a way that the pre-debate version of this campaign just didn’t.But before we get to this campaign reset, the Democrats have to figure out what their ticket looks like and, more important, how quickly they can get their ticket selected and certified by the party.As of this writing, my sources indicate to me that about the only folks who are still trying to rationalize Biden’s staying in this race all share the last name of Biden, with the possible exception of Biden’s longtime chief political strategist, Mike Donilon — who, as the gatekeeper of the data that makes it to the president's desk, is starting to get blame along with Biden and his family for Democrats’ being in this position.

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