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Re:The Echo Chamber Is the Enemy of Democracy by tomjen3 on Friday September 07, 2018 @03:58PM (#17937203)
The questions don't even have to be unbiased, they just have to be something you would know only if you have actually looked into it. They aren't meant to ensure that you have equally read all sides, just that you have done some research.

Each question would be assigned some score, and you would need a certain minimum to pass.

As long as everybody is given the same test, and that the questions are objective, the same determination would be made for everybody, no matter what their political leanings were, so in a sense whatever knowledge you require your opponents to know, you would also your side to know.

Even if it is so blatantly biased that every single question is a positive statement about Hillary (say), wouldn't you want somebody voting against her to do so on an informed basis, and so as a minimum they should know her platforms/positions?

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Re:The Echo Chamber Is the Enemy of Democracy by craftyguy on Friday September 07, 2018 @04:20PM (#17937332)
The bias I am referring to is not favoring one candidate over another in the wording of the questions, but rather to disqualify voters who may not vote the same way as you. An example might be "what did candidate XYZ say 3 years ago on this random radio talk show", and only die-hard supporters would be able to answer it correctly. (There are likely much better examples of what I am trying to convey here, but my caffeine level is dangerously low)
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