how grassroot voter expectations shape legislators role

Because of inefficiency of local councils and difficulty in negotiating complex bureaucratic processes,the electorates expect the MPs to do their jobs servicing the needs of voters from issues with garbage disposal to clogged drains. So much so they are nicknamed longkang councillors and reduce them to rotten politics.So even an election will not result in real reformation in governance because their performance is judged on their personal linkages to the elctorates whether its in allocating funds to mend potholes or attending funerals n religious ceremonies. Many times during crucial debates at parliamenrary debates,there is lack of quorums as the MPs seat are empty or some use the moment to gain their five minute of fame by making incendiary or rude ,sexist comments. " It is this deep,everyday penetration that came to maintain the electoral-authoritarian regime by acculturating citizens towards a particular model of engagement with their government.Over time,citizens came to expect and rely on patron-clent relationships,nested within party machines,albeit reinforced by carefully structured distributive and development policies." ( Weiss,Meredith 2020)A June 2016 national survey found that the activity respondents most commonly ranked their first priority for MPs was serving the people (19%)followed by going down to the ground (15.5%).No one ranked law making first.Secular restructuring,not political strategy,is elevating support for programmatic policies and diminishing the salience of patronage.Middle class voters can opt out of patronage networks and protest their shortcomings;a rising ,educated middle class has greater access to information on the extent and negative effects of corruption and the benefits of reforms,and these demands are simply increasingly difficult to afford,especially amid budget deficits ( Wilkinson. 2014)Lessening access to patronage resources ,we do see parties increasing recourse to an ideological politics of ethnic polarization in the classic divide and rule strategy.