You don't really want the populace's will represented, though. You want decisions to be made in the manner that best conforms to the populations needs. The diff

You don't really want the populace's will represented, though. You want decisions to be made in the manner that best conforms to the populations needs. The difference being that the former tends to reflect what people currently know and feel while the latter reflects what they would do if they had more information and behaved rationally.