day no. 16,891: the privilege and the problem of picking

“And ye, O peoples, to whom God gave the liberty to choose your own magistrates, see to it, that ye do not forfeit this favor, by electing to the positions of highest honor, rascals and enemies of God.” — Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism

The freedom to choose a husband is only a blessing if it is used to choose a man committed to keeping his vows. The freedom to choose your church officers is only a blessing if it is used to choose good men committed to the church's governing documents. The freedom to choose your magistrate is only a blessing if it used to choose men committed to keeping the terms of the constitution and covenant of the country.

Proverbs 29:2

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice:

but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

The wicked are defined by their breach of covenant. They rule according to another standard. They impose foreign counsel upon their domestic wards. The majority can be wrong. The minority can be right. 

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way that seemeth right unto a man,

but the end thereof are the ways of death.

A purely democratic, popular vote, winner-take-all approach to governance guarantees a standard outside of God will guide, which is to say, it will lead by misleading its people.