How are people's views taken into account in a representative democracy?

In a representative democracy, voters choose from candidates for political office those whose values converge with their own. In this way, citizens vote for candidates who, once elected, will represent them in parliament. These politicians will work to ensure that the needs and values of their constituents are guaranteed in the institutional framework of the state or country.

the answer would be a)henry grady because he came up with the term "new south"

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