This makes notions of representative democracy, at least in the USA, seem a bit silly:
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/07/one-problem-wit.html
The link details evidence that most Americans have very low knowledge levels of the basics of American government.
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This makes notions of representative democracy, at least in the USA, seem a bit silly:
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/07/one-problem-wit.html
The link details evidence that most Americans have very low knowledge levels of the basics of American government.