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Re:Most Americans support using the popular vote to decide U... by adrian_b on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @09:14AM (#32411370)
Democracy, means that the political power is not restricted to a subset of the citizens, but all citizens have equal political power.

This principle does not specify anything about the mechanism that determines how certain executive or legislative positions are filled.

Any such position could be filled for example based on the result of a majority voting by all citizens, or by representatives of all citizens, or based on a random choice between all citizens.

These and also many other possible mechanisms are all equally democratic, because any citizen can fill those positions and all citizens have equal influence on who will fill the position.

Re:Most Americans support using the popular vote to decide U... by canjobear on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @09:56PM (#32420728)
> Democracy, means that the political power is not restricted to a subset of the citizens, but all citizens have equal political power.

On what basis do you claim it means that?

Re:Most Americans support using the popular vote to decide U... by hunglee2 on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @10:04AM (#32412148)
great nuance, we need more of this understanding of democracy. It is much more (or less for that matter) than just electioneering