Why Are Most Practicing Democracies Also Republics

question 13

Multiple Choice

Why are most practicing democracies also republics?

• A) Republicanism is a popular concept.
• B) Democracies are inherently weak due to their tendency to be at war with other states.
• C) Democracies are better at making decisions due to the needs of the people and must be slowed.
• D) Republics reduce the size of the deciding body and solve the collective dilemma more easily.
• E) Democracies are never republics.

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