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So what is meant to be an approximation of the will of the people, becomes under the Hastert Rule, an approximation of the will of the people so long as the peo
by cb18 12y ago
So what is meant to be an approximation of the will of the people, becomes under the Hastert Rule, an approximation of the will of the people so long as the people's will meets the approval of a select group of ~25% of the people's representatives.
- vonmoltke 12y agoThe greatest flaw of representative democracy is that the people's will must meet the approval of some or all of their elected representatives. Due to the many and varied issues that come across the legislative bodies, you will inevitably have issues where the majority of the people are at odds with the majority of representatives. Every candidate in an election is a compromise; the voter agrees with them on some issues, but not others. The bigger Congressional districts get, the worse the problem becomes.