Countries where Boris Johnson can get elected should not throw stones... Arnold Schwarzenegger is smarter than the average airhead, for what it's worth.
Also, there is a tendency to trust non-politicians more than politicians (for example, Martin Bell and Glenda Jackson are expected to be more honest than the average carreer politican). Given that the electorate know nothing whatever about the other candidates is that they are politicians, maybe this helped tip the balance.
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Date: October 8th, 2003 03:39 am (UTC)From:Also, there is a tendency to trust non-politicians more than politicians (for example, Martin Bell and Glenda Jackson are expected to be more honest than the average carreer politican). Given that the electorate know nothing whatever about the other candidates is that they are politicians, maybe this helped tip the balance.