>Taking this view lets the voters off the hook too easily. Citizens often genuinely want things that are bad for a bunch of other people. Look at the immigration/refugee related polling for example. Or climate change inaction.
Voters might want lots of things, but do they get them though, when those things don't align with what those in power want?
Voters might want lots of things, but do they get them though, when those things don't align with what those in power want?