Objective:
Warm-up:
There are several different approaches to representation within a democratic political system.
(a) Define direct democracy.
(b) Define republican form of government.
(c) Describe one reason the framers of the United States Constitution chose a republican form of government over a direct democracy.
(d) Describe each of the models of congressional representation.
Trustee model (attitudinal view)
Delegate model (representational view)
(e) Explain why a member of Congress might sometimes act as a trustee (attitudinal view) rather than a delegate (representational view).