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by C1sc0cat 2331 days ago
Possibly in the past but no other developed country has partisan political elections for posts that should be impartial and non political.
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Honestly, the American way of doing elections is awful by any objective standard. It systematically homogenizes the political positions into two camps where neither camp actually reflects the will of the people. In every election the most common phrase I hear is 'lesser of two evils' because nobody believes that a candidate really represents their interests.

That said, I can't recall ever hearing of a sheriff with a single-digit approval rating, unlike [0[Congress.

[0] https://news.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx