• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    No what you are describing isn’t even really a politician, but just a demagogue.
    A demagogue makes promises to win an election, a politician work to deliver on the promises, and help make things better.

    A politician is a person who participates in policy-making processes

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician

    Winning an election is only a means to become a politician, not the end.

    Politicians make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy.

    Exactly the parts I described as determining whether a politician is good or bad.

    A more formal definition:

    Politician: 1: a person experienced in the art or science of government especially: one actively engaged in conducting the business of a government. 2a : a person engaged in party politics as a profession.[1]

    So contrary to what you claim, not at all about campaigning or election by any definition, but the actual work that is done AFTER an election.