Originally Posted by
Letters
Well that's certainly all true.
And just to be clear, while I do think my idea has some merit I can also see it's problematic.
It's [B]not[/I] like saying "women shouldn't be able to vote", but making a test which fairly tests people's knowledge would be difficult if not impossible. But I don't think forcing people to put some effort into thinking about who to vote for is inherently a bad idea. Even if the end result is still "Trump/Boris good!" and they vote that way anyway.
I think fixing the FPTP voting system would go a long way to improving things. Right now too many people in safe seats are effectively disenfranchised and the whole system makes tactical voting the only option for a lot of people.