The President is NOT the Only Person We Elect!

[MineralMan]

8. Yes, and that's why most Presidents

are somewhere in the middle. Given the size of this country and the diversity of opinions held by voters, it's impossible that anyone with revolutionary ideas or ideas that sit too far on either side of center can be elected as President.

That's unfortunate, but is how national democratic republics like ours seem to work. It's also why we have only two viable parties for Presidential elections. A majority almost always ends up voting for a more or less centrist candidate for the highest office. The same thing applies for governorships in most states.

Elections on a more local basis, however, can elect more singular, focused candidates. If we elect enough of those, our legislators can send laws to the executives that can be quite far from center. That's why legislative elections have more capability of producing change.