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Originally Posted by dlish
Beauty in politics.
does it really affect the way people vote?
are policies the criterion or is visual appearances more important? we've all seen how ballots are swayed when a good looking politician comes onto the scene. the latest example being Palin. it happens in all countries and is not specific to any nation.
sure, Palin is a bad looking woman. not my type, but she is attractive and i can see how people can be attracted to her looks. but should we be voting and basing our vote on the way we visually feel about someone who may be the future president of the USA? Ive heard her being referred to as a MILF and other such names, so her popularity is riding on her looks.
would you vote for her based on her looks? or politics? would you vote for those same policies if she was a bat-ugly hag?
obviously being an aussie, i cant vote in the US elections, but i personally would never vote for anyone would i thought did not have the political and economic capabilities to run my nation, regardless of how they looked.
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This is nothing new and not restricted to the USA. People have done this for millenia. It's not just beauty either, charisma and presence plays a large role. It's part of being human to be drawn to beauty etc.
We voted JFK, Harding, Reagan, on their looks and charisma. George Bush was so worried about his height compared to Kerry he demanded that his step be raised and that he and Kerry would be far apart at the televised debates so he wouldn't appear so short. So yes, looks are an important part of it. It seems there is an abundance of people voting for Obama based on his looks too. He is young, hip so many girls love him and will vote for him based on that. Also he is perceived to be black so many will vote on him looking black.