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Originally posted by Porsche-O-Phile
When should a politician/elected representative take a stand against his/her constituency? Is this ever appropriate?
When an elected official does take a position on an issue that is in dramatic contrast to the opinion of his/her constituency, at what point does this stop being "conviction in one's beliefs" and start being "bull-headed obstinance"?
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With the general public being such a grab bag of opinions how can a representative know what their constituencies opinion is? Take California or Oregon for example, both presumed to be liberal states by many people however with lots of conservatives residents.
I suppose we could go with the idea that representative should stick to the policies they backed to get elected... but whoa... that's just crazy talk!