Once a year, during the county fair, our town would have a car show at the county fairgrounds. Up until a few years ago, the fair directors would make sure to have qualified car judges decide which cars got prizes. Then for some reason they started using the "people's choice" method of award.
I have a nicely-restored '22 Dodge Bros. touring car that I would enter in that show. Here's a picture of my buddy sitting in it, trying to look like a big, tough guy!:
When the car show had real judges, people would enter lots of rare antique cars. Once they went to "people's choice", the tri-five Chevvies won every time and the owners of antique cars stopped showing there. Then the show declined in popularity until today it is a mere shadow of its former self.
So no matter how "undemocratic" it may appear, there is value in aristocracy!!
