ihopehefails
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I'll try to make it simple:
It's impossible for a rep to know exactly what his districts "will" is. The system is designed so that people will vote for the person that matches them best, and whoever seems to match the most people in the district will win. Then, that person is expected to vote their conscience (or wallet, as most seem to do now, since we don't ever vote out incumbents).
The catch in the system is the term - 2 years or 6. So, according to the design of our system, if a representative strays from the will of his or her constituents, they get voted out of office.
So if you're right, and such a huge number of people disagree with the health care plan, then they'll all get voted out next year.
But we both know that that won't happen. Incumbents win 90% of the time.
I actually believe they should vote my conscience and not theirs.
But what about your neighbor? Doesn't his conscience count too? What if his conscience is exactly the opposite of yours? He's got the same rep as you - does his will not count?
Majority rules.