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[Star Wars EU/Canon]Why is Jar Jar tolerated?

I'm watching the Clone Wars and Jar Jar is useless. So why is he tolerated? Why is he elected as a representative? People seem to be aware of his stupidity so why is he consistently allowed on important missions/diplomacy efforts? 

No Jar Jar is Sith theories please, I understand the credibility of those theories but it doesn't seem like they are going in that direction in canon. I'd like to hear other reasons besides that particular one.
gpt
It's a race thing. The nabooians felt the Gungan race, which was severely unrepresented political wise, needed a voice.

The gungans chose Jar Jar, well because for a Gungan he was the most qualified, as he has had the most interaction with various species, and also the first Gungan to possibly leave Naboo in Gungan History.