Polls are dangerous. They report, conveniently, the views of the hoi polloi. Something the Founding Fathers spent great effort to box out of national decision making in founding days of this nation.
Boy, do I disagree with this one. Understood correctly, they are wonderful tools. And in a quasi-democracy of the sort we have, where it's very difficult for the "hoi polloi" to have any effect on governance, they are at least one ongoing tool. As for the Founding Fathers, they didn't want anyone but folk like themselves to vote--you know the drill, Raymond, property owners, whites, males, etc.
They definitely had fears of the " hoi polloi." But as one "hoi polloi" to another, I'm glad the political structures of the country let us, ever so slightly, into having some role.
John |
