All representative systems are somewhat undemocratic but the point of them is to pick someone who's we can agree is legitimately the winner of the contest - not

All representative systems are somewhat undemocratic but the point of them is to pick someone who's we can agree is legitimately the winner of the contest - not to deadlock trying to pick a winner to a better standard. The primary goal isn't to represent, but to reduce misrepresentation to the point where we can literally live with it. To me it's only illegitimate if this is coupled with unreasonable attempts to keep us from improving the system as technology and knowledge give us the means.