• @[email protected]
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    01 year ago

    But they aren’t really, they’re just vote messengers, they aren’t on capital hill making laws and advocating for their constituents.

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      -11 year ago

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

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        31 year 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.

        • @SCB
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          respond to changes in their constituencies

          Yes. This is being a representative.

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              They do it when they’re in the role.

              Why are you so passionate about something so simple? This entire conversation is confusing to me, in terms of intent.

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                01 year ago

                And what about the other 1200+ days they aren’t in the role for each 1 they are in it?

                Why are you so passionate in misusing the term representative?

                Representatives are more than just vote carriers.

                • @SCB
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                  Indeed they often are. They are also advocates, in general.

                  However

                  And what about the other 1200+ days they aren’t in the role for each 1 they are in it?

                  Electors are chosen each cycle and are different people.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    01 year ago

                    So they’re just vote carriers. Unlike the actual representatives on this hill who spend most of the year actually governing for you.

                    Cool. Glad you cleared up that electors are useless and not really representatives.