> When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure

The measure is the number of votes. "What shall we have for dinner" measures things, there's no target in a "curry vs pizza vs thai" poll, and it doesn't really matter, the target is a nice night in with a film.

However with politics, getting power is the goal, thus the number of votes is thus the target, and thus its not good at measuring what the country actually wants, just who can best get the most votes.

This isn't new, but modern brainwashing allows manipulation at a scale hitherto unseen.