Knlowledge of curent issues is only part of being an informed part of a representative democracy. The far more important part of the equasion is understanding and applying political and moral principles to the selection of leaders. Here Mr. Jolhn Horvat discusses the need for principles and then reasons that voters should cllosely examine the principles of both the right and the left. Read the articles: https://www.returntoorder.org/2019/11/this-is-why-we-can-have-no-illusions-about-todays-crisis/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2019/12/are-conservatives-soul-searching-in-the-wrong-places/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2019/12/how-the-left-gets-americas-civil-war-all-wrong/.