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How does political participation, such as speaking at town hall meetings or writing letters to representatives, help advance policy deliberation?

a. Citizens are able to draw attention to certain issues or arguments. b. It eliminates the need for deliberation in Congress as it has already been conducted by the public. c. It encourages politicians to leave the deliberation to the public and cast their votes as their constituency demands. d. It highlights the lack of public knowledge about the issues and reinforces elected officials’ sense of duty to deliberate carefully. e. Political participation motivates politicians to deliberate more quickly on issues to keep the people from interfering.

The primary contribution of the Federalist papers is

A) they serve as the collective writings of theorists. B) their insights into the roots of the American Revolution. C) to assert independence from England. D) their ideas supporting the Bill of Rights. E) their insight into the defense of the Constitution.