Democracy

When a person decides to run for public office one of the questions they face is what happens if my core beliefs conflict with what my constituents believe. There is a congressman in California who was a former tech guy and has software which will allow the people in his district to vote on his web site on all issues that come before him. He says he will vote as his people direct him and this answers the above question for him. He is willing to sacrifice his principals for the majority rule or what he calls direct democracy. The US is not and never has been a democracy but a representative republic. There is grave danger in a democracy where the majority rules so the courts will have to be alert to any threat to minorities that may come from this “direct democracy”. This congressman will also face the dilemma of what happens when his district is opposed to what his party wants. This concept is appealing since many people feel their representatives have lost touch with the people.