[cam_l]

I don't doubt what you have said, and it follows my own experiences of politics in Australia.

But i must say, when I hear the reasons why people vote the way they do, my estimation of their intelligence drops significantly.

[pennybanks]

does intelligence and voting have some sort of correlation? should a vote from an unintelligent person count less in an hypothetical better system?

[shadowgovt]

Speaking in pure hypotheticals, the most effective form of governance is benevolent dictatorship.

... But in terms of forms that are practically implementable without perfect knowledge and control of the future, there are huge risks involved with altering the amount a person's vote counts based upon some kind of gamable criteria.