Why do we need elections?

Question

is there a democratic way of selecting representatives without election?what makes an election democratic?how do we distinguish democratic elections from any other elections?

Answer 1

The whole point of elections is to have a government chosen by the people (a democracy).

Answer 2

We need elections because direct demcracy is not plausible in countries with so many people. Yes, there is a democratic way of selecting representative without an election. This involves the appointment of representatives by other, elected representatives. The U.S. Senate used to be appointed this way, and the U.S. Supreme Court is still created this way. An election is democratic if it comes from the people, and accurately reflects the choices of the people. An election that is not democratic can be rigged in a variety of ways, from stuffing ballots, to literacy tests.

Answer 3

All over the world it is widely accepted that Democracy is the most civilised form of a Government. we need elections to decide a better and acceptable Candidate to most of the people as a public representastive. If a community or people who are more enlightened can choose a better representative for them. If majority of people who vote are illiterate and influenced by other selfish elements it is not always easy to choose the right candidate through a democratic process. In smaller groups it may be possible to choose a representative by consensus. But in a larger group it is always better to select a representative by direct election.

Answer 4

An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. This is the usual mechanism by which modern democracy fills offices in the legislature, and sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and in regional and local government. This is also typically the case in a wide range of other private and business organizations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations.

The universal acceptance of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern democracies is in sharp contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens, where elections were considered an oligarchic institution and where most political offices were filled using sortition.

Electoral reform describes the process of introducing fair and democratic electoral systems where they are not in place, or improving the fairness or effectiveness of existing systems. Psephology is the study of results and other statistics relating to elections (especially with a view to predicting future results).

Corruption of democracies
The very openness of a democracy means that in many states it is possible for voters to vote to get rid of democracy itself.

Democracies have failed many times in history from ancient Greece to 18th and 19th century France (see Second Empire under Napoleon III), and perhaps most famously in 20th century Germany, when the Nazis initially came to power by democratic means (albeit by plurality vote). Throughout most of the developing world today democracies remain unstable, often collapsing to military coups or other forms of dictatorship. Thinkers such as Aristotle and many others long believed democracy to be inherently unstable and to always quickly collapse.

Most democracies have some form of separation of powers mandated by the constitution. This is a device limiting the power of any specific elected body with the aim of preventing elected representatives from changing some of the characteristics of the government. Changing the constitution is made difficult in various ways, such as by requiring a 2/3 majority in two consecutive elected governments for the change to take effect—the actual requirements vary by each constitutional system.

To limit this danger the system used in many states indirectly places limits on how easily new parties can form. The first past the post electoral system makes it hard for new parties to quickly gain power. In states using proportional representation systems, there is a determined proportion of the popular vote that must be won before a party can be admitted to parliament. This election threshold may be simply the amount of votes required to get one seat, such as in the Netherlands, but it may also be set higher, to prevent small parties from getting a seat in government.

Answer 5

bcoz we live in a democratic country.and u no wat democracy means it does means BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE N OF THE PEOPLE. so we could choose representatives from ourselves to do something good for us.

Answer 6

i don't vote