In this 2010, study the responding politicians said the main way they know what their constituents think is mainly by face-to-face contact.

The primary method current parliamentarians use to find out what their constituents think

I could not easily find a photo of an Australian politician talking one-on-one to a constituent so had to use a US photo

Have you ever had face-to-face contact with your local member?

If so did you tell them exactly what you want them to do on every issue?

Do you no who represents you in the Australian Parliament?

If so what are ther names?

How many are supposed to represent you?

The answer to that last question is 13. 12 in the Senate and one for the House of Representatives.

Do you even no each of ther names?

If, as I suspect, most of the the 17,032,907 people entitled to vote (as at 30 September 2021) have not communicated to each of the 13 people that are ment to represent them in the Australian parliament, how can politicians know what their constituents wishes are and how can the system be called, “representative democracy”?

And if most voters have never face-to-face communicated ther wishes to ther “representatives” how is it possible for these same voters to make informed decisions about candidates in an upcoming election?

That is why representative democracy is a flawed concept.

Find out about alternatives by doing a bit of your own research.