Majoritarian democracies are systems that
a. combine a presidential system with FPTP district voting for legislative elections.
b. combine strong executives, few checks on the power of the majority to pass laws and amend the constitution, and conflictual politics between two major political parties.
c. unite proportional representation elections and a multiparty system with the diffusion of power across branches and levels of government.
d. combine presidentialism with a proportional representation electoral system.
e. provide for the free and fair selection of government representatives through elections in which the vast majority of adults are eligible to vote and the voters have a genuine choice between candidates.
B
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