What are the advantages of having a direct election?

Answer 1

None-mob rule has no advantage.

Answer 2

Direct Democracy, while generally being unwieldy, does have a few advantages:

1. It allows for citizens to have a direct (as opposed to indirect or non-existent) say in the way their lives are run.

2. It It creates a higher degree of accountability for public officials.

3. It allows for direct challenges to undesirable laws or codes.