give two criticism for representative democracy
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Disadvantages of representative democracies :
1) representatives may distort peoples’ demands to suit their political preferences
2) representatives may not make make themselves accountable enough between elections and can only be removed by elections if they lose the respect of the people
3) the electoral mandate of representatives is flawed, as voters have to accept or reject a whole manifesto, not being able to make clear which parts of it they oppose, and there is more information in this day and age for people to be able to make better decisions
4) representatives also have to decide whether to be ‘delegates’ for their constituents, merely putting forward their view, or using their best judgement to ‘represent’ their constituents (a concept called ‘Burkean representation’)
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