I don't think that's how authority works. In a workplace, I don't get to collect secret data on my bosses to see what they want and then say it's so I can bett

I don't think that's how authority works. In a workplace, I don't get to collect secret data on my bosses to see what they want and then say it's so I can better serve them. If the voters are the bosses, then the politicians should live under surveillance by their voters, while we voters keep everything secret from our subordinate elected officials.