However, Mr. Tsipras is already in power (due to the twisted electorate system in Greece) and Mr. Trump could win the general election if the Republican Party strongly coalesces behind him.
If you have a divided society, you start worrying more--if you're in the wealthy and you have an electorate system that can use your wealth to affect the politics, you say, "I'd rather have a small government that isn't able to redistribute money, take money away from me.
In my view, far from empowering the electorate this system would be open to abuse by powerful vested interests and most likely deployed to hinder social progress.
Parliament is the creature of the electorate, and improving its quality should focus on improving the electoral system.
The leaders of the minority communities, mainly Christians in Punjab province and Hindus in Sindh, objected to the "separate-electorate" system (non-Muslims cannot vote for Muslim candidates and vice versa) ordained by the military regime, and asked their followers to boycott the polls.
The bankrupt electoral system, which allows party bosses rather than the electorate to pick the MPs, may be altered.
Leaving aside the campaign manipulations before the elections, criticized by the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE), its constitutional majority is the result of an increased electorate and an unfair electoral system, both the work of the previous Orbán government.
If events combine to energize one part of the political spectrum and dishearten the other, a relatively small portion of the electorate can shift the system out of all proportion to its numbers.
The consequences, many fear, are more unstable societies with governments that lack authority among large sections of the electorate and a political system open to exploitation by extremists, especially far-right extremists.
The civil service is sometimes considered a permanent government, distinct from the transient politicians who serve only for a limited time and at the pleasure of the electorate in democratic political systems.
