# Candidate X doesn't know Y:  What's your dealbreaker?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidate-x-doesnt-know-y-whats-your-dealbreaker/465903>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 30, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidate-x-doesnt-know-y-whats-your-dealbreaker/465903 "2008-09-30T19:37:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidate-x-doesnt-know-y-whats-your-dealbreaker/465903/21 "2008-10-01T04:43:25Z")

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> [@jsgoddess](#):
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> What things for you are so important that ignorance is unacceptable?

They need to know more than I do about both foreign and domestic policy issues. If I know more, they should be voting for me.

I’m not talking about positions or opinions on those issues, that isn’t what I think the OP was about. But if I’m listening and think that I have a better understanding of the issue, they will not get my vote.

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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidate-x-doesnt-know-y-whats-your-dealbreaker/465903/22 "2008-10-02T02:28:28Z")

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> [@amarinth](#):
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> They need to know more than I do about both foreign and domestic policy issues. If I know more, they should be voting for me.

I’m stealing this.

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