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Under the voluntary system, the crisis of politics is not the election of the member, but the making the constituency.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “Under the voluntary system, the crisis of politics is not the election of the member, but the making the constituency.”
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Bagehot states that under a voluntary system, the focus shifts from electing a member to creating the constituency itself.
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