The more a koenkai does for you, the more obligated you feel to support and advocate the koenkai's candidate. When this sense of obligation and commitment to a candidate stemming from koenkai favors and benefits blinds our view of where the candidate stands on policy issues, morals, and lawmaking, our integrity as a democracy is compromised. Koenkai's are highly influential and successful when it comes to unifying support for their individual candidate. However, I think democracy's purity becomes endangered and representation is corrupted when we let koenkais "buy out" a consensus of voters and narrow our view of the candidate's positions on national issues.

Catering to the electorate on a more personal level is what fuels the koenkai's ability to acquire public consensus and approval of Diet members. The perks and benefits that come along with belonging to a koenkai is how

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