On 1/13/2013 10:53 AM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
... Consider a country that's leaning too far left for the population's wishes. A right-wing candidate is elected. This right-wing president (or PM, through parliament) starts moving to the right. For this, he or she gets approval from the people and starts being considered a good president or PM. Let's say it's "he" and "president". Then he continues moving to the right (because he is right-wing, after all), overshooting the optimum. Because he has gained some reputation for being a good president, the voters continue to support him until he goes very far to the right.
If the country is left-leaning, then the elected leader moving further to the right will soon reach a breaking point, in spite of a "good" reputation.
Specifically the "left" voters combined with the growing number of "moderate right" voters -- who will dislike his "right-wing" shift -- will have a majority and will vote him out of office.
So I don't see this as an example of term limits being needed. Richard Fobes ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
