In a democratic government, functions of representation can sometimes become skewed or misunderstood. I will examine the different institutions of government including the legislature, the executive, the bureaucracy, and the courts pointing to their differences in trustee vs. delegate functions of representation. My understanding of a trustee is that it is someone in a position of power deciding what is best without a direct mandate. In other words, someone who is carrying out the wishes …showed first 75 words of 1047 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1047 total…The elite mostly comprises the media. The president gets the most television news coverage, leaving out all other branches of government decision making and policy. The state governments are the most left out, receiving almost no media coverage at all. In a democratic government forms of represtantion are constantly changing from trustee to delegate and from delegate back to trustee. This is the procedure of checks and balances are what maintains and establishes a democracy.