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KT1 Politics - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Lobbying
      - Protests
        
        extreme protests - leads to people not liking them or listening to their cause
- - - - Individuals get to express themselves
      - Citizens are more active in decision making - promotes turnout and participation
      - Not elective, so don't have to choose out of a small group of people
    - - Too many referendums would make people sick of not just voting but politics in general - less turnout and participation
      - Decision making would be extremely slow
        
        Less laws would be introduced, potentially having a negative effect on the country
  - - - Referendums are special, making their turnout high and makes people more engaged in politics when they happen
      - Representatives logically should make decisions based on the people
      - Representatives are more educated than the people
    - - Less direct and individuals have less of an ability to express their opinion
      - If the local area is divided then the representative will have to pick a side, making them not representative of what all the people want
      - Small pool of people to pick from, and it may be the case that none of the representatives are good
      - Chance that the representative just isn't good either at their job or at expressing what the people want