Being a representative democracy simply means that everyone who can vote gets an equal vote. It doesn't mean that one person cannot be more influential than th

Being a representative democracy simply means that everyone who can vote gets an equal vote. It doesn't mean that one person cannot be more influential than the other due to charisma, logical reasoning, or by using money to simply have their message heard by more people. For instance, no matter how rich you are and how many TV spots you buy out, you're unlikely to convince the population to do something that they inherently dislike. In a true plutocracy, the rich don't need to convince anyone of their feelings, their power is written into the system.