Direct

• Direct Democracy ADVANTAGES


  • May increase participation
  • Decisions have greater legitimacy
  • Purest Form of Democracy/ Heightens Control
  • No reliance on self-serving politicians
• Direct Democracy DISADVANTAGES


  • Not practical
  • Voter Fatigue
  • Lack of expertise
  • Tyranny of the majority
• May increase participation

  seen through the 85% turnout at the Scottish Independence referendum in 2014
• Decisions have greater legitimacy


  seen through the general acceptance of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 after a referendum was held to allow Scotland to decide on this issue
• Purest Form of Democracy/ Heightens Control

  Swizz Cantons frequently provide people opportunities to make political decisions
• No reliance on self serving politicians

  seen through the MP expenses scandal in 2019 and the COVID pandemic
• Not practical

  the UK has a voting population of over 46million
• Voter Fatigue

  Only 32% of the electorate went to the polling stations in canton Bern (Switzerland) in March 2022
• Lack of expertise

  in the UK as of 2019, 85% of MPs had a university education
• Tyranny of the majority

  this can be seen through the lack of representation for minority groups