The Pros And Cons Of Representative Democracy

Although it seems like direct democracy would give an accurate representation of the population, a representative democracy provides more fair and equal decisions. This is because representatives can make decisions while keeping the minority in mind. In a direct democracy, the majority will always come out on top, simply because there are more people. Also, representatives are not emotionally invested in every issue, so they can make more logical and rational decisions. People often prioritize their values and beliefs over the welfare of others when voting on representatives, and they will do the same when they vote on important issues.
Some people may think that a direct democracy would be fast and efficient, but direct democracy is actually
A very recent and appropriate example of this is a crowdfunding website called Kickstarter.com[3]. Kickstarter allows people to post a project and donors pledge money until the funding goal is met, then the money is given to the creator of the project[4]. The entire basis of the website is trying to convince random people to give money to the project creator, without knowing them or having any guarantee that they will follow through. The success of the website has shown that it does not take much to reach hundreds of thousands of dollars in pledges, even if the project is strange and has questionable creators[5]. There are also many other social media websites where it is possible to gain a fanbase of millions of followers, such as YouTube and Twitter[6][7]. Another major problem with a voting system on the internet is that someone can be forced into voting a certain way. A father and son may have different political views, and normally the son could vote any way he chooses and pretend to agree with his father. However, if they can vote on the internet, the father can watch his son vote and make him change
Even politicians are not able to educate themselves and understand every bill that they vote on, and that is what they are paid to do. How can the average person be expected to do the same? People have their own lives to live, and ordinary citizens just are not interested in politics. Also, there are too many bills for the average person to vote on. In it’s two year span, the 112th Congress enacted 284 laws[1]. That is an average of one law for every 2.5 days, and those are just the ones that were passed. In the 2012 presidential election, only 131 million people participated[2]. If that was the turnout for the most important election in the country that only happens every four years, there is no way that the average person will take the initiative to vote every week, or even every month for that matter. It is much easier to vote for a representative that has views that you agree with: it takes less effort, you do not have to vote on things that you do not care about, and you do not have to learn about complex