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Originally Posted by blazey
I disagree. If it was compulsory to vote, even if just to opt out, then it would be democratic. The fact that we are represented by the choice of half the population is in no way democratic.
As for Europe, most people have no idea about European politics and seem to ASSUME things more than anything. Until people are better educated about political issues, I would rather that people who had no idea just didn't vote at all rather than blind voting.
Students were encouraged to blind vote at University for the sake of trying to ensure the BNP didn't get any seats. I asked our student union whether this was better than them genuinely choosing who they thought best represented them and our president said yes. If that is what this democratic system has come to then I'd rather we didn't have the vote at all.
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Yes it is democratic because every single person has the chance to vote for any candidate they wish, stand as a candidate or even object to every candidate and spoil their vote. Their candidate and party has a manifesto which they can enact if given the chance.
How would you define better educated? If they agree with you? That's normally what EU federalists mean when they say people don't understand the issues. I think people do understand a very important issue - we should govern our own country by taking back powers from Europe.