@taz @kthoward I wonder about "informed." The goal of a representative democracy is that we elect a group of people who will dedicate their professional lives to being informed. In the ideal we should elect honest, dedicated and moral people who know how law works and can do the thorough investigation that I cannot.

The unfortunate reality is that US politics has devolved into party platforms. We will elect incompetent jerks because they promise to vote the way our team votes. (looks longingly at my ranked choice voting soapbox)

As an example, I was asked to vote on a proposition about how Dialysis clinics are run. If the pandemic has taught me anything it is that I am not a medical expert. Even if I were to spend hours researching the issue, I would not be as competent to make the call as the state medical board who already decided that the proposed change was not necessary.