History teaches us that we Americans who love liberty must keep working to expand our freedoms -- or we will end up

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losing them


In a representative democracy, it is the people themselves who determine who their leaders will be. This is done through voting in free and fair elections.

If elections are tainted by restricting voting rights, or by falsifying results, then the purpose of free and fair elections — for voters to determine leaders who represent their views – is foiled. But even when elections are honest, free, and fair, there are other complications that can completely undermine their purpose.

For a democracy to be vibrant and effective, voters must:

1. understand each candidate’s position on the questions and issues to be decided
2. understand the effects of each candidate’s proposals when passed and enacted
3. understand how each candidate’s proposals will affect them and those they care about

All three are essential. Otherwise, we voters cannot know what we are voting for. If we don’t understand the consequences of our votes, then we have democracy in form only: as if we are voting blindfolded.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2025/03/history-teaches-us-that-we-americans-who-love-liberty-must-keep-working-to-expand-our-freedoms-or-we-will-end-up-losing-them.html