1.0WisconsinEyehttps://wiseye.orgTaylor Perrinhttps://wiseye.org/author/taylor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2BuCh0IGG3"><a href="https://wiseye.org/in-the-classroom/electing-your-representatives-3/">Electing Your Representatives</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://wiseye.org/in-the-classroom/electing-your-representatives-3/embed/#?secret=2BuCh0IGG3" width="600" height="338" title="“Electing Your Representatives” — WisconsinEye" data-secret="2BuCh0IGG3" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://wiseye.org/wp-content/uploads/electing.jpg1400324What qualities are important in an elected representative?  Our government is a representative democracy, rather than a direct democracy. This means that instead of voting directly on policies we primarily elect people who represent us in the government and make polices for us. One of the most important roles of a citizen is to choose […]