Which of the following institutions best exemplifies direct democracy?
A. a local government in which all political positions including judgeships are elective, and none are appointive
B. a presidential administration in which the ethnic make-up of the president's cabinet roughly coincides with the ethnic make-up of the country as a whole
C. a bicameral national government in which seats in one house are divided equally among all the states, and seats in another house are divided among the states in proportion to their population
D. a New England town meeting in which all members of the community are allowed to introduce legislation and then vote for passage or rejection of legislation
E. a national government in which all the people have the right to express their opinion and cast their vote for the person whom they wish to elect to the presidency
Answer: D
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a. Fewer interest groups lobby Congress than lobby the executive branch. b. Lobbying the executive branch has less impact on government than lobbying Congress. - c. Lobbying the executive branch focuses more on rule-making, whereas lobbying Congress focuses more on pending legislation. d. Lobbying the executive branch focuses more on executive orders, whereas lobbying Congress focuses more on elections.
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a. Sample-population congruence b. Interviewer bias c. Subject fatigue d. Over-reporting