How much do voters really care about democracy? How many will withhold a vote when that candidate does something undemocratic?
... about 3.5 percent
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/09/few-americans-care-about-democracy/616534/?gift=jyrZRxlblKzR_GpatezPhWNmLIoXkiL8ggRfZBpZZFY&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
... about 3.5 percent
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/09/few-americans-care-about-democracy/616534/?gift=jyrZRxlblKzR_GpatezPhWNmLIoXkiL8ggRfZBpZZFY&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
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Their hypothetical candidate saying a few wrong things isn’t sufficient.
How many connect the dots between their Senate votes and court rulings they don’t agree with?
But what this really shows is that voters don’t get how our democratic system makes everything else possible. Take democracy and rule of law away, our economy then crumbles.
(source: all of human history)
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world
You might as well claim that voters who want a spotlessly virtuous candidate are the only voters who care about morality.