在民主选举过程中,选民的投票行为是政治参与的最基本、最普遍的方式,因而,普遍、平等、直接、公开的选举制度被认为是现代民主政治制度的重要组成部分和基本特征之一。关于这一点,社会主义的理论先贤们都有所论述。如:马克思、恩格斯把民主选举比做人民选择社会公仆,认为只有人民选择的公仆才能真正为人民服务。列宁认为,民主选举是社会主义性质的体现,民主选举关系到社会的国家改造。中共三代领导集体在领导 Voting in the process of democratic election is the most basic and common way of political participation. Therefore, a universal, equal, direct and open election system is considered as one of the most important and essential features of modern democratic political system . In this connection, the sages of socialism have all discussed them. For example, Marx and Engels compared democratic election to the people’s choice of social public servants, believing that only the public servants chosen by the people can really serve the people. Lenin believes that democratic election is a manifestation of the nature of socialism and that democratic election is related to the social transformation of the country. Three generations of leaders of the CPC collective leadership