(Semi-) direct democracy is also decentralized, so it can be applied at the loca...

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(Semi-) direct democracy is also decentralized, so it can be applied at the local / state level too.

I happened to work for the e-voting system in Canton Geneva, and this question was raised. Some (conservative) parties were “worried” that more young, uneducated persons would vote, possibly not taking it seriously. So a demographics study was made in the test phase ( report is here, in french: https://www.ge.ch/document/rappo… )

The results didn’t show this effect : the age distribution of the voters remained pretty much the same, simply more young voters moved from postal vote to e-vote than elderly. The study further showed that e-voters were on average more (computer) educated, which is not a surprise.

But for “progressists” people, it is essential to empower young electors, and on the long term e-politics may replace old “Landsgemeinde ” that had to be dropped as the population raised.

You can see a TEDx conference of the (former) Chancellor of State in Geneva who shares her views (that I share too) about this :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=…

Finally, as I often say to my foreigner fellows : “we all have the democracy we deserve.”