All of the following arguments EXCEPT that _____ are often made against direct democracy

A.it leads to governance by an active minority that is not representative of the population
B.it can make the government process very unstable
C.it almost always has a conservative outcome
D.it has a debilitating effect on the legislature

C

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The most powerful person in Congress is the __________

Fill in the blank with the correct words.

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What event made the Democratic party skeptical of allying themselves too closely with a radical political movement?

a. Democrats felt that Ralph Nader’s Green Party cost Al Gore the election in 2000. b. The Populists supported a Democratic candidate for president in 1896, but occasionally shifted their support to like-thinking Republicans. c. They observed how the energetic Tea Party movement in 2009-2010 frustrated moderate Republicans. d. Democrats felt disdain towards the “Know Nothing” movement that opposed immigration and naturalization in the 1840s. e. The anti-business Populism of the 1930s was a threat to Democrats’ major donors.

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