Perhaps it's a test to see if Representatives represent their citizens? If not their citizens, then who? And, what do the citizens really think about this? What is the effect on them? Is there more to government "of the people by the people for the people" than just "populism"?

Perhaps it's a test to see if Representatives represent their citizens? If not their citizens, then who? And, what do the citizens really think about this? What is the effect on them?