There are several models of representation used in democratic countries. and Kuklinski, {James H.}". She went to law school after being denied admission to medical school because of her gender. Stop procrastinating with our smart planner features. Their attempts were complicated, however, by the fact that Democrats still held the Senate and the presidency. Constituents elect representatives for their constituency. For example, every representative, regardless of party or conservative versus liberal leanings, must remain firm in support of some ideologies and resistant to others. Whilst referendums are occasionally used in representative democracies (such as the referendum for Brexit or Scottish Independence), if every single political decision had to be made via a referendum, this would not only be incredibly difficult to organise, but it would be very inefficient. Unit 1 Government & Politics AS elections and voting. We will look at the way members of Congress navigate the challenging terrain of representation as they serve, and all the many predictable and unpredictable consequences of the decisions they make. In the trustee model, Burke argued that his behavior in Parliament should be informed by his knowledge and experience, allowing him to serve the public interest. This model does not provide representatives the luxury of acting in their own conscience. This political science article is a stub. abstract = "The delegate theory of representation posits that legislators ought to reflect purposively the preferences of their constituents. Economically, I will support the presidents decision. The delegate model of representation is a model of a representative democracy. A trustee is someone who is tasked with using their own knowledge, judgment, and expertise to make decisions on specific subject matters. This was because Burke was a conscientious objector to the slave trade in Bristol, but the Bristol electorate was infavour of the lucrative slave trade. PDF Delegates or Trustees? A Theory of Political Accountability The principle of a model of representation is to describe the behaviours of elected officials in representative democracies.