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human
ELI5:Why is Judge an elected position?

So in my state (California) we elect judges in the same way as all politicians.  Unlike politicians, they don't campaign.  I had to spend a fairly significant amount of time searching to find anything about them.  This seems like a dumb way to choose judges given that many people might just choose randomly or vote for the cooler sounding name.  Why is it done this way? And why do they not campaign like other politicians running for office do?
gpt
Perhaps not the answer you're looking for, but electing judges (and a few other legal professions, such as district attorney) is an almost uniquely American habit. Much of the rest of the world (certainly that which is based on the British legal system) performs judicial appointments via the legislature or executive, or from within the judiciary itself. Seems to be working out fine for us so far.