Theoretically, this representative government should be a transitive transaction: the voters pick the representative and the representative speaks directly for the voter.i This theory is known as the "folk theory" of democracy. Folk theory is the idea that people live underneath a virtually unblemished form of government that works for the people. But, if the majority of America 's population is uninformed, where does that leave this
Theoretically, this representative government should be a transitive transaction: the voters pick the representative and the representative speaks directly for the voter.i This theory is known as the "folk theory" of democracy. Folk theory is the idea that people live underneath a virtually unblemished form of government that works for the people. But, if the majority of America 's population is uninformed, where does that leave this