Think the rough analogy is Jury duty. After going through that, I was frankly surprised how generally decent the folks were that were being vetted. Sure a couple were a bit off, but on the whole the folks seemed pretty reasonable. I didn't agree with some of them, but at least they seemed to be roughly rational and open to thinking about things.

Know any politicians?

Probably why they're here instead of Reddit.

I have indeed, I still trust them more than anyone who actually wants to be in politics.