No Matter How You Vote, Politicians Don't Represent You

No Matter How You Vote, Politicians Don’t Represent You

Tags: Political Theory, Strategy

11/08/2018 Ryan McMaken

We’re often told that submission to government edicts is “voluntary” because we have “representative” government. The evidence suggests, however, that politicians don’t represent their constituents. Nor could they, even if they wanted to.

Original article: “No Matter How You Vote, Politicians Don’t Represent You”.

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