I was listening to a representative who had a show talking about how you get up there, and instead of representing the people who voted for you, you're expected to vote the way some expert in the capitol says you should vote.
But the capitol has its representatives. Let them vote the way the experts in the capitol say to!
But the capitol has its representatives. Let them vote the way the experts in the capitol say to!
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And not just that, depending on which system you work under, you have some degree of control over who you end up voting for in the first place.
In the us, especially in deep blue or deep red areas, election day is the primary, not the election, and so the die is cast long before the election takes place.
In the us, especially in deep blue or deep red areas, election day is the primary, not the election, and so the die is cast long before the election takes place.
How so?
You vote in the primary and then you vote in the general for the candidate who won the primary.
You vote in the primary and then you vote in the general for the candidate who won the primary.
I don't follow.
If you choose not to vote in a primary, it was still the people who did vote who chose the candidate. Meaning I'm not ignoring the role of voters...
If you choose not to vote in a primary, it was still the people who did vote who chose the candidate. Meaning I'm not ignoring the role of voters...
I don't think anything I wrote disputes any of that, in fact the whole message is about the fact that you can help choose the candidates even if it's a "deep blue" or "deep red" area through the primary process, so there's no such thing as a fully foregone conclusion.