For the first , a truly successful , representative democracy will have the following elements : ( a ) complete information symmetry -- this is often not true , and one example is Obama 's pastor 's comments coming across at this late date , when it is too late for the people in my state to take back their vote ; ( b ) one person only one vote , and one vote for EVERY person -- no matter what sex , what age , what occupation -- this doesn 't happen as we 've seen only a handful of people are able to spare 6 hours for a caucus and only a fraction of registered voters vote in a primary ; also delegates are often strangely awarded -- e.g. Clinton won the popular vote in New Hampshire and Nevada but came up equal / short in the number of delegates awarded ; ( c ) independent choice -- which is accomplished via secret ballot ; again this is not the case in a caucus - the best data is Texas where in the same state , the same time the same two candidates participated in a caucus AND a primary and each candidate won a different one -- the best bet would 've been to pick the more representative form of selection ( primary ) , but the delegates were awarded based on both .