The Pentagon Papers exposed top-secret military history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967

According to the authors, which of the following is NOT a function of legislatures?

a. Representation b. Deliberation c. Legislation d. Ultra vires

In terms of measuring the preferences of constituents, the deeper challenge with elections is that they tend to ______.

a. involve issues that are important to the candidates but have no relevance to the voters b. revolve around a small set of issues for which voters have intense preferences c. measure only a snapshot of public opinion at one particular point in time d. fail to take into account the reasons people vote in the first place