The majoritarian model of democracy favors
A) both conventional and unconventional forms of participation.
B) unconventional forms of participation.
C) resourceful individuals seeking particularized benefits.
D) better-educated, wealthier citizens.
E) voting as the primary means of participation.
Someone who asserts that elections socialize political activity is contending that elections are mechanisms that maintain
A) freedom.
B) majoritarianism.
C) equality.
D) order.
E) independence.
Congress and the states moved quickly to pass the Twenty-sixth Amendment, which lowered the voting age to eighteen, because they
A) recognized the justice of the student antiwar and civil rights movements.
B) knew that student voter turnout would be low.
C) expected the new voters to change the political balance of power drastically.
D) hoped to channel student energy away from demonstrations and toward more conventional forms of participation.
E) realized the unfairness of the discrepancy between the military draft age and the voting age.
To maintain order, the government has a stake in converting _______ whenever possible.
A) education into voting behavior
B) wealth into contributions
C) unconventional participation into conventional participation
D) voting into buy-in
E) foreign policy issues into domestic policy issues
The relationship between participation and order is complicated because
A) order and participation are inherently contradictory.
B) participation promotes order.
C) order promotes participation.
D) some types of participation promote disorder.
E) both are positive values.
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