Elections are a method and a means to carry out democracy and achieve democratic ideals, so if democracy is the goal of political development, then elections are the most important factor and motive force behind political development.
所以，選舉是實行民主、達到民主理想的方法和手段，如果民主是政治發展的目標，那麼選舉就是推動政治發展最主要的因素和動力。