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But what happens when the citizenry decide that our class of informed representatives no longer serve their interest? That these elected officials only care abo

But what happens when the citizenry decide that our class of informed representatives no longer serve their interest? That these elected officials only care about election and taking money from lobbyists. That our president is...but I digress. I would like to say that I do not necessarily feel this way, but I know a LOT of people who are slowly but steadily losing any faith they once had in our government. I know that switching to a direct democracy is drastic and would probably be a bad move, but I think we need to start finding ways to improve our current situation and that starts by asking questions.

dragonwriter 9y ago
> But what happens when the citizenry decide that our class of informed representatives no longer serve their interest? Change them; if the electoral system isn't very good at that, probably fixing that is a more reasonable fix then abandoning representative democracy. Reserving some direct democracy powers but not forcing voters tombe full-time legislators (as many US states do) is a more extreme, but still reasonable step.
- AnimalMuppet 9y ago
  > Change them; if the electoral system isn't very good at that, probably fixing that is a more reasonable fix then abandoning representative democracy. In particular, an individual state can[1] change to preference voting (for example) without having to change the US Constitution. [1] I think. IANAL, and still less am I a constitutional lawyer. There would almost certainly be a supreme court case by some election loser, claiming unequal representation or something. What the supreme court would do... I have no idea.