Imagine that phil bellwether is a member of congress. congressman bellwether closely pays attention to public opinion polls from his home district, e-mails his constituents send him, and the opinions of large employers and group leaders in his district. when he votes on policies in congress, he bases his decisions on all of this information from constituents. what kind of representative is congressman bellwether?

The tea party movement is a. an official third party that challenges both democrats and republicans in national elections. b. an organized challenge to incumbents in the republican party by the most conservative wing of the republican party. c. an organized challenge to incumbents in the democratic party by the most liberal wing of the democratic party. d. an offspring of the green party that runs for state and local office in many midwestern states. e. the now defunct party that gave way to the republican party at the end of the “second party system.”