Direct democracy does not necessitate a 100% participation rate. It traditionally only means "the electorate decides on topics directly, not with representativ

Direct democracy does not necessitate a 100% participation rate. It traditionally only means "the electorate decides on topics directly, not with representatives who are not bound in their decisions to their mandate". Again, see Switzerland, which works just fine with direct democratic elections with groups ranging from a few hundred voters on a market square to millions of electors in the country as a whole.