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Originally posted by SimeyTheLimey: Whether they think that they are unrepresented is irrelevant. The fact is they are represented. It may be that they are simply are outnumbered by people that disagree with them. In a democracy, there are always people who are on the minority end of any issue. Or they may have put themselves in the position of not being heard because they failed to avail themselves of the opportunity to vote. But who is to blame for that? |
But voting doesn't mean your interests are represented, especially if your candidates don't win.
I'm sure a lot of the protest crowd are people with dodgy voting participation, but I've voted all my life and I often feel completely and totally unrepresented
