Placing Constituent Wants ahead of Principle—Virtue or Vice?

Whether the officials acting as delegates complete these steps is moot. Because their vote is determined by the wishes of others, an assessment or understanding is irrelevant, and a framework of principles is unnecessary. [...]officials acting as delegates do not tabulate actual points, nor do they assess every factor on each bill. The next step is to calculate their constituents' preferences. Because the officials are using the direct-democracy model, they attempt to vote according to the desires of the majority of their constituents. [...]because officials acting as delegates are not basing their decisions on what they themselves believe and the justification for a given vote comes externally rather than internally, thoughts on reelection inevitably become very prominent.