• Katana314@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    This statement implies popularity = good, universally.

    In the 1800s, slavery was popular. Hence, should a candidate have run on preserving slavery?

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      11 days ago

      No it doesn’t. A candidate needs a lot of qualities to be “good”. One of those qualities is the ability to be popular on election day. And unpopular candidate isn’t a good candidate. A popular candidate might be.