古希腊时期,民主被理解为“人民统治”。公民大会协商议事,被视为民主的外衣。随着人口和疆域不断扩大,以公民大会协商议事为内容的直接民主形式不再可行,于是代议制民主开始兴起,选举变成了民主的基本标志。 In ancient Greece, democracy was understood as “people's rule.” The consultative process of the assembly of citizens is regarded as the coat of democracy. With the continuous expansion of population and territory, the form of direct democracy, which is based on deliberations and deliberations of the assembly of citizens, is no longer feasible. Therefore, the rise of representative democracy begins. The election has become the basic symbol of democracy.