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Lesson 4.2 Day 3
| 13NFL1-Compulsory Voting Page 9 of 163 www.victorybriefs.com emphasizes the social contract roots of democracy, an origin that conjures familiar notions of sacrificing freedom for rights. The vagueness of Ina democracy bolsters the plausibility of such an interpretation. What type of democracy is being addressed A direct democracy —a democracy where each citizen casts their vote directly to express their opinion on legislative or other matters —falls under the scope of a democracy. However, so does a representative democracy—a democracy where citizens of certain designated locations have their voices expressed in the legislature by an elected official. Modern states tend to be representative democracies by the nature of large populations complicating a direct democracy. Even then, there are competing views of what role an elected representative should serve for their constituents. Some theorists believe that a representative should act as a trustee, simply making choices they believe to be beneficial or correct. Other theorists maintain that representatives are solely in power to express the collective will of their constituents. The former iteration of representation theory is known as the delegate model while the latter is referred to as the trustee model. Strategically, it seems that affirmatives will want to conceptually frame democratic representation as an issue of the delegate model. For democracy to serve its purpose better, a higher degree of trust in a delegate’s ability to accurately reflect the views of constituents would seem desirable. On the other hand, negatives will probably steer more towards the trustee model, as the trustee model emphasizes the worthiness of the candidate over their ability to channel as many voices as possible. “Voting” The resolution shows the scope of its vagueness with this term. What constitutes voting The obvious answer seems to be some sort of political expression of representation. Unfortunately the resolution doesn’t specify that the word voting refer to legislature or even to political voting. While the suggestion may seem juvenile, I see no particular phrasing in the resolution which excludes the possibility of the ballot I cast for the Chicago Bears as 2014 Super Bowl Champions as a form of voting covered under the specifications of the resolution. While unfortunately vague in this regard, this shouldn’t pose a large problem. For the sake of safety, a few topicality shells about voting would go along way in warding off silly cases. Ina |