Fully agree. I would add this is something politician and political parties would do well (from the perspective of becoming actually Representatives of the people—though might not be good from a partisan goals view...) to pay attention to.
Or, perhaps in light of the parenthetical thought, perhaps that is something the electorate and, more so, the media should take note of.
Politicians in our time do take the public opinion on issues into account by looking at poll data. I don’t think we need more poll-driven politics and I find principle-driven politicians to be valuable even if they represent the principles they believe in instead of of trying to act according to how the majority of the people think.
Fully agree. I would add this is something politician and political parties would do well (from the perspective of becoming actually Representatives of the people—though might not be good from a partisan goals view...) to pay attention to.
Or, perhaps in light of the parenthetical thought, perhaps that is something the electorate and, more so, the media should take note of.
Politicians in our time do take the public opinion on issues into account by looking at poll data. I don’t think we need more poll-driven politics and I find principle-driven politicians to be valuable even if they represent the principles they believe in instead of of trying to act according to how the majority of the people think.