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Close.
Persuading the electorate to vote you into POWER is the entirety of a politicians job, all that governy whatsit is irrelevant.
If competence were key, Johnson, Trump and, come to that, Hitler would not have skidmarked the underpants of history.
Colin_the_Bald-
Strongly disagree. Politicians mostly want to be re-elected, not to be blamed for bad events, not to be kicked out by their own party for becoming an electoral liability... gaining some trust/confidence from the public can make all the difference to whether a politician is seen as coping with a difficult situation or blamed for it. Some of them even want to achieve more than just being in power, and trying anything new/bold also requires some faith from the voters.
If competence were key
Where did I say that? Persuading voters to believe in you and being worthy of that belief is not the same thing.
itsbruce
He didn't just do his old fumbling for words thing in the debate, he wasn't able to participate coherently in the debate at all. It was a disaster. Persuading the electorate to have confidence in you is a large part of a politician's job and he failed.