The adult talk test asks whether a politician could conceivably have an adult conversation with you. If they could, they are serious contenders for a democratic office, and if they could not, they are disqualified from democratic office. Obviously a lot hangs on the “could” and “could not,” as well as on the meaning of “adult conversation.”
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