Delegate: \"The role members of Congress serve in representing the interests and policy preferences of their constituents\" (Zaino, 2012, p. 66) Trustee: \"The role members of Congress serve in acting on behalf of the interests of the home constituents and nation regardless of whether constituents would immediately approve of the members\' decisions\" (Zaino, 2012, p. 66) An example of how these two perspectives (delegate and trustee) may conflict is when the legislator is asked to vote on the closing of a military base in his/her district where it may be good for overall society to minimize the expense of the base but in that legislator’s district it may cause the loss of jobs. A trustee may be more willing to close the base where a delegate would not. Most legislators try to balance the two types of representation. The discussion question(s) is: If you were a legislator and had to decide whether to close the base or not, what would you decide? Are you acting more as a delegate or a trustee in making your decision? Explain your response in detail please. Solution If I am the legislator, I would decide to close down the military base but not at once. As a representative of the people of the constituency, I should not go against the betterment of my own constituency. On the other hand, I should take care of national benefit. But I will act more as a delegate. In the delegate model, constituents elect their representatives as delegates for their constituency. These delegates act only as a mouthpiece for the wishes of their constituency, and have no autonomy from the constituency. On the other hand, in the trustee model constituents elect their representatives as trustees for their constituency. These \'trustees\' have sufficient autonomy to deliberate and act in favor of the greater common good and national interest, even if it means going against the short-term interests of their own constituencies. The military base is an economic actor—a direct employer, a keystone industry and a hub of social and cultural interactions. Military bases across are firmly entrenched in the local economies that they adjoin. Close a major military base implies dozens of small businesses associated with it may as well close down. As a result, families will be forced to relocate and whole towns may fail partially. On the other hand, military installations pay no taxes. Military expenses would become burden for the society at large. So closing military base would reduce the financial burden. So instead of closing down the entire military base at once, I will prefer partially reduce the expenses of the military base. This will allow the people of the locality to get the opportunity to adjust and find alternative sources of earning..

1. Delegate: "The role members of Congress serve in representing the interests and policy
preferences of their constituents" (Zaino, 2012, p. 66)
Trustee: "The role members of Congress serve in acting on behalf of the interests of the home
constituents and nation regardless of whether constituents would immediately approve of the
members' decisions" (Zaino, 2012, p. 66)
An example of how these two perspectives (delegate and trustee) may conflict is when the
legislator is asked to vote on the closing of a military base in his/her district where it may be
good for overall society to minimize the expense of the base but in that legislator’s district it may
cause the loss of jobs. A trustee may be more willing to close the base where a delegate would
not. Most legislators try to balance the two types of representation.
The discussion question(s) is:
If you were a legislator and had to decide whether to close the base or not, what would you
decide? Are you acting more as a delegate or a trustee in making your decision? Explain your
response in detail please.
Solution
If I am the legislator, I would decide to close down the military base but not at once. As a
representative of the people of the constituency, I should not go against the betterment of my
own constituency. On the other hand, I should take care of national benefit. But I will act more
as a delegate.
In the delegate model, constituents elect their representatives as delegates for their constituency.
These delegates act only as a mouthpiece for the wishes of their constituency, and have no
autonomy from the constituency. On the other hand, in the trustee model constituents elect their
representatives as trustees for their constituency. These 'trustees' have sufficient autonomy to
deliberate and act in favor of the greater common good and national interest, even if it means
going against the short-term interests of their own constituencies.
The military base is an economic actor—a direct employer, a keystone industry and a hub of
social and cultural interactions. Military bases across are firmly entrenched in the local
economies that they adjoin. Close a major military base implies dozens of small businesses
associated with it may as well close down. As a result, families will be forced to relocate and
whole towns may fail partially.
On the other hand, military installations pay no taxes. Military expenses would become burden
for the society at large. So closing military base would reduce the financial burden.
So instead of closing down the entire military base at once, I will prefer partially reduce the

2. expenses of the military base. This will allow the people of the locality to get the opportunity to
adjust and find alternative sources of earning.