Full Idea
In a referendum you ask everyone to vote on a subject that usually only a few know anything about.
Gist of Idea
A referendum result arises largely from ignorance
Source
David van Reybrouck (Against Elections [2013], 4 'remedies')
Book Reference
Reybrouck,David van: 'Against Elections', ed/tr. Waters,Liz [Bodley Head 2016], p.124
A Reaction
Tell me about it! I was forced to vote in the 2016 Brexit referendum, and felt thoroughly out of my depth on such a complex economic question.