ABSTRACT
The example of zombie politicians in Japan shows a curious truth about election systems: the less information that is gathered from the voters in an election, the more likely the vote and the system itself will be seen as legitimate and functioning properly. This truth leads to the undesirable outcome that less democratic electoral systems are seen as more legitimate (and hence more popular) than their more democratic alternatives. This truth also explains the popularity of some types of electoral systems (party quotas to increase the representation of women or proportional representation alternatives).
