Schumpeter's definition allows for the existence of preferences among the masses as well as a variety of degrees and forms of competition. The definition places a premium on "the vital fact of leadership." As such the "manufactured will" can take the place of the semi-mythical popular will. Schumpeter promotes this definition because it accounts for states like England, which have a democratic method but are not technically democracies (England, for example, is technically a constitutional monarchy). In this method, power is acquired through a competitive struggle for the people's vote. Schumpeter offers the full version of his own definition of democracy: a method that is the institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions.
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