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That's why in most countries, the second house is elected on a different rythmn than the main one. So you get balance. Interestingly, I have never seen anyone
by alain94040 14y ago
That's why in most countries, the second house is elected on a different rythmn than the main one. So you get balance.
Interestingly, I have never seen anyone theorize about this. Everyone understands why democracy and elections are related. Parliament is a snapshot of public opinion at a given time. By using two snapshots taken at different time intervals, you get better reliability. Sounds obvious to IT engineers :-)
- gaius 14y agoElected politicans think as far ahead as the next election, be it 5 years or 5 weeks away. Hereditary peers think as far ahead as their own grandchildren, who will need to clean up and mess they make.
- regularfry 14y agoIt's still the same fundamental selection method, though. It's less bad if elections are staggered, but it's still skewed by the the same forces - for instance, public opinion can be consistently wrong about a lot of things. A purely random selection process would be better, but I've got no idea how that would work in practice.