"How can democracy function if 84% [NJ] believe elected officials are corrupt?"

[peacebeard]

Per the article:

> Kim cited a 2023 survey of New Jersey voters where 84 percent agreed that state politicians are at least “a little” corrupt

The options in the survey were:

* Not at all corrupt * A little corrupt * Somewhat corrupt * Very corrupt * Not Sure/Don’t Know [Vol] * Refused [Vol]

Honestly I don't find that particularly damning. Nobody's perfect.

[FrankWilhoit]

1. It can't. 2. It never has. 3. It's not supposed to.

[rolph]

ive always wondered how democracy functions for so long when you cant unelect officials that are tacitly corrupt.

[1718627440]

Everyone is by default "unelected" after a legislation period and you need to reelect them if they should stay elected. So you could, your fellow citizens just don't have the same opinion as you.

[red-iron-pine]

that's what guillotines are for