• SCB@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    All representatives are “vote messengers.” That’s why we call them representatives.

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      11 months ago

      I would disagree that senators and congressmen are just vote messengers. They run on active platforms, respond to changes in their constituencies (hopefully), deal with new issues as they arise.

      Electors literally just ferry the states vote to Washington, that’s it and job done. Representatives continually represent the will of their constituents through multiple years, or at least that’s what they are supposed to do.

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        11 months ago

        respond to changes in their constituencies

        Yes. This is being a representative.