Finally, when the regular party ticket is presented, the least objectionable one receives the support; and thus it comes that the real interests and wishes of the people are seldom represented, and as seldom is the elected candidate the real choice of the people.
Woodhull laments that the political system often leads to candidates who do not truly represent the people's interests.
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