作为主体的民众之所以投票,是为了实现“政治参与”,并且这种政治参与并不限于投票行为。以投票人数的多寡来衡量某个地区的政治制度是否符合民主理念,不仅忽略了言论自由、个人利益等民主的必须内容,而且因为缺乏对其他民主内容的重视,造成对投票这一方式的迷信,甚至是对公民投票的利用。 The main body of the people voted in order to achieve “political participation”, and this political participation is not limited to voting. Whether the political system of a certain region is in conformity with the concept of democracy in terms of the number of voters or not depends not only on the necessary elements of democracy such as freedom of speech and personal interests but also because of the lack of emphasis on other democratic contents, , Even the use of referendums.