Why is information important to form popular will?

Deals with political science. A statute is merely a minor form of expression of the popular will.Why is information important to form popular will?
So, the popular will, if it exists, is just whatever it is that most people or all people in an area would want. If the government is passing statutes to 'express' the popular will, first they need to know what the popular will is. Usually, this is at least a little bit difficult for the government. To gather enough information about what people think, the government has to sponsor polls, conduct surveys, or go to town meetings and talk with people. So there's kind of a disconnect between the information that's out there (each person knows what he or she thinks) and the information that government has access to (the government only knows what a handful of people think). This is obviously a problem for the government if it's trying to express the popular will in a statute; the government risks passing a statute that reflects only some people's views.