All Politics Are Local I. Electronic Democracy- A Personal
Evolution A. 1973 - Direct Democracy - Electronic USA Town Hall
1. Greek City State Ideal 2. Instant will of the people 3. 80
million voters online 4. The ultimate political rushâ¦.voters
would have to pay attention. B. 1980's - Representative
Democracy 1. Pragmatic Democracy. a. Elected representative as
"Representative" b. Elected representative as "Champion" c.
Elected representative as "Professional Politician" 2. Citizen
Disenfranchisement a. Washington as "different" 1. Out of step
5. Lobbyist driven C.1991 - Virtual Washington 1. Allow
representatives to participate fully in Congress from home
district via modern communications. a. Help make elected
representative more accessible to constituents than to
lobbyists. b. Increase chances that elected representative
remains part of their c. Greater pool of potential
representatives. d. Promote citizen participation. 1. Increase
dialog, both official and informal, between elected
representative, cong