If people don’t have the time to vote, then can develop a “profile” which would allow them to vote in proxy.
This idea is interesting. If we had a direct democracy in the US with this option available, almost certainly most people would use it for the majority of issues, since they don’t have time to vote on everything. Then, most of the political machinations would probably end up being about deciding what profile categories any given bill fits in. Could such a thing work? Would it work better than the current system?
For the profiles, it would be cool if one could specify some issues granularly and some issues broadly. For example, Vince Voter doesn’t know very much about environmental issues but is generally in favor of more environmental protection, and he specifies a single “more protection” choice in that category. However, Vince is both knowledgable and concerned about financial regulations, so he could specify his proxy opinion in several subcategories such as national debt reduction, bank regulation, and so on.
This idea is interesting. If we had a direct democracy in the US with this option available, almost certainly most people would use it for the majority of issues, since they don’t have time to vote on everything. Then, most of the political machinations would probably end up being about deciding what profile categories any given bill fits in. Could such a thing work? Would it work better than the current system?
For the profiles, it would be cool if one could specify some issues granularly and some issues broadly. For example, Vince Voter doesn’t know very much about environmental issues but is generally in favor of more environmental protection, and he specifies a single “more protection” choice in that category. However, Vince is both knowledgable and concerned about financial regulations, so he could specify his proxy opinion in several subcategories such as national debt reduction, bank regulation, and so on.