“The people” are not the entirety of the system. The mechanisms in place for aggregating the inputs from the individuals also has an impact. There is no canonic

“The people” are not the entirety of the system. The mechanisms in place for aggregating the inputs from the individuals also has an impact. There is no canonical “most democratic” way to do this, only a variety of different democratic mechanisms, which can produce different results even if the individuals made the same choices. That isn’t to say that people don’t have a responsibility to endeavor to vote well.