Suppose congresswoman rebecca blinder strongly believes that the federal government should spend more money on education. however, survey data from her home district suggests that a vast majority of her constituents would prefer that the federal government spend less money on education. if she votes in support of a bill that would increase government spending on education, what model of representation is congresswoman blinder exhibiting?

Trustee Model

Explanation:

A trustee model is a model in which an individual is chosen to represent their constituents (people who chose them) in parliament. The constituents put those trust that this person will act on their behalf in decision making.

This person considers all matters associated with their constituents and considers those matters and make decisions based on the interest of his her constituent whilst also considering the nation interest in such that at some point they may have to put on hold their constituents interest in favour of the national interest. He takes into consideration that as a trusted representative his constituents believes in his or her knowledge so he act according to that knowledge.

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