There is another independent in the U.S. senate; there are independents in the U.K., Canadian and Australian parliaments. Some have left or been expelled from parties, others have eschewed party affiliation and nonetheless succeeded. Election-winning independents demonstrate that direct links with an electorate can be forged, and representative democracy served by representatives and the demos, without mediation.
In Spain, the only electoral mechanisms allowing for independents are the Senate and, in theory, municipalities where a single person serves as the council. Otherwise, the electoral system excludes human beings as biologically constituted--as individuals. Why?
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