选举是民主政治的基础,广大民众的参与是民主的核心内容。党领导组织的最生动、最鲜活、最朴素、最感人的大规模民主选举是在陕甘宁边区,“投豆”选举是一个缩影。1937年5月,陕甘宁边区政府制定了《陕甘宁边区选举条例》,其第二章“选举资格”第四条规定:凡居住在陕甘宁边区区域的人民,在选举之日 Election is the foundation of democratic politics. The participation of the broad masses of people is the core of democracy. The most vivid, the most liveliest, the simplest and most influential large-scale democratic election organized by the party leadership is in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region and the election vote is a miniature. In May 1937, the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government formulated the “Regulations of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region”, and its second chapter stipulates that “Article 4 of the Eligibility for Election” stipulates that all people living in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region shall, at the election day