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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
The fact that many voters erroneously believe that they vote for the party and not the person is irrelevant. In fact, political parties and party discipline are the real threat to "democracy" here, not duly elected legislators taking actions that are both democratic and proper according to parliamentary traditions and rules.
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I know it was a ways back, but I just want to highlight this part of a post IFF made. I never thought of it that way before, but now I might have a hard time NOT thinking of it this way from now on.