Comedians make good political leaders. No, seriously GlobeDebate
The Debaters LiveIt’s been less than a week since Ukraine elected Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian who had been pretending to be the President on TV, to be their actual president. The event has political scientists scratching their heads, journalists asking how this could have happened, and at least one Canadian wondering: Is running for top political jobs the next logical step for comedians now?
When it’s debate time – political showtime, effectively – comedians enjoy a big advantage, too. As someone who has moderated more than 400 debates with many of Canada’s sharpest comedic minds, I can tell you that comedians provide far more entertaining debates than politicians – not just funnier, but in many cases more factual. This in and of itself is not necessarily a prerequisite of a world leader, but it can certainly help put a candidate over the top.
That skill stems from the fact that a comedian’s success relies on his or her ability to read a room. In comedy, that might mean calling out a heckler in an audience, or gaining the support of the largest man in a group of large men during a show in a Northern Alberta bar . In politics, it means getting the most people on your side you possibly can and being able to sense and prioritize the needs and wants of constituents.
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