The election system itself ensures that voters' opinions on most specific governance issues are entirely ignored. Since citizens vote for only one out of a ver

The election system itself ensures that voters' opinions on most specific governance issues are entirely ignored. Since citizens vote for only one out of a very restricted pool of candidates, every five years, the rational decision is to only consider the candidates' stance on topics directly affecting one's material well-being (so mostly finance/employment-related decisions). Unless voters are very prosperous, secondary quality-of-life decisions like surveillance are systematically pushed aside in general elections, and that regardless of their education level.