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Direct democracy isn't the only way for voters to express their will. More than 60% of eligibile voters participated in the voting system last presidential elec
by tylersmith 5y ago
Direct democracy isn't the only way for voters to express their will. More than 60% of eligibile voters participated in the voting system last presidential election. Does a voting system that continues to be endorsed by a majority of the people not express their will?
- jhickok 5y agoNot defending direct democracy, but it's not clear that if 60% of eligible voters participate it entails A) the people endorse the voting system B) it expresses their will. You can waffle a little and say that if people hold their nose while voting they still are endorsing it and it expresses their will, but I don't think that's what I understand "the will of the people" to be. I prefer a punch the leg over a punch to the nose, but that doesn't mean I endorse being punched and that the leg punch expresses my will.
- lm28469 5y agoParticipating in a system doesn't mean you endorse it. 40% of eligible voters not voting is much more worrisome....
- vmception 5y agoCalifornia residents have an extremely low and practically irrelevant voting weight, for example. I’m not here to debate why that is, I’m pointing out the stretch of the imagination involved to consider the outcome to reflect an aggregate voter will, versus basically accidents.