Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is not a true democracy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If we don't have an informed electorate we don't have a democracy. So I don't care how people get the information, as long as they get it. I'm just doing it my particular way and I feel lucky I can do it the way I want to do it.
There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets, and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows.
If you rely on the media for your information, to educate yourself about the candidates and what issues are facing the country, then you get just part of the equation. I think it's important that we as citizens of this democracy take the responsibility to get as much information as possible before we go into the voting booth.
Democracy is interactive... It's a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy.
Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry.
The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.
Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant.
Just because a group does not take its decisions by voting does not mean they have no understanding of the essence of democracy.