In some circles it's called democracy. Maybe you'd prefer monarchy or plutocracy or some other elitist thing, but me, and I'd wager most in this country, prefer so called democracy. And you know how that is supposed to play out: the 51% rule, the 49% suck it up and try and get 2 more % next time around. But Elitists on the other hand (you maybe?) don't care about the 51%, or the 66%, or the most recently publicized 71%... Maybe this Local Funeral Director whose apparently won your Sympathy is one of these Elitists, I don't know and I don't care, but if he is, he would be happy with the idea of the 2% having their way over the 98%, or the 1% having theirs over the 99%. Or having the Queen as your boss cuz she earned that right by being Born.