Population-Based Democracy Vs. Area-Based Democracy- (Part Nine)

 

Population-Based Democracy Vs. Area-Based Democracy-(Part Nine)

Voters have the responsibility to understand that in a Representative Democracy, both Population-Based and Area-Based democratic models are needed. In the bicameral state legislatures, the House Of Delegates/Assemblymen is population based and the State Senate is area based.

The members of the House Of Delegates/Assemblypeople are always each chosen by electoral vote per precinct due to the fact it is based on Population-Based Democratic Mode. The State Senators, however, should be chosen by the legislature per locality because it is based on an Area-Based democratic model.

Should state delegates/assemblymen choose state senators? The answer has to be no since that would give that specific branch of government too much authority. Members of elected upper house legislative bodies should be chosen by inferior level elected legislative bodies. 

Since state senators are not allowed to be chosen by other state lawmakers or by popular vote (direct or electoral), the only other alternative is for members of this upper house of the state legislature to be chosen by the legislatures of local government. 

With the current model, the electorate becomes too strong, majoritarianism sets in, and tyranny takes deep root. The "Winds Of Populism" must be respected but must be kept at bay. Otherwise it will overcome the restraints needed to preserve both individual liberties and the Representative Democratic Republic.

Cliff Notes Version: State Senators can neither be chosen by federal government (in full or in part), by other state lawmakers (members of either the House of Delegates/Assemblymen or the State Senate) nor should it be chosen by popular vote (direct or electoral) .

In the first scenario, the elected officeholders in the federal government would gain too much power. In the second scenario, the politicians in the state legislature would gain too much authority. In the third scenario, the electorate becomes too strong, majoritarianism sets in, and tyranny again takes deep root. The "Winds Of Populism" must be respected but must it also be kept at bay.