Our current system undermines the very essence of democracy and advantages big money donors over the
needs of average voters.
And it's this failure to understand the hostility towards coalition in the
mind of the average voter which explains the absence of any real regret and remorse.
Bhutto's death, with all its admittedly much larger implications, may just be a blip in the attention
span of the average voter.
When adopted, they argue, these reforms will curb the corrosive power of big money in Albany and strengthen the
influence of average voters.
A Clinton aide said the plan was a «a key plank of Clinton's plan to challenge the stranglehold that wealthy interests have over our political system» and would allow «Americans to establish common sense rules to protect against the undue influence of billionaires and special interests and to restore the
role of average voters in elections.»
She also leveled criticisms against the governor's economic and fiscal policies, and emphasized the importance of reforming campaign finance to raise the
voices of average voters.
This seemed no certainty back in 1997 when its creation was first floated; opponents of constitutional reform had long argued that such considerations fail to pass the saloon bar test of being on the
mind of the average voter.