One Advantage of Direct Contact Between Elected Officials and the Public

question 41

Multiple Choice

One advantage of direct contact between elected officials and the public versus the use of public opinion polls is that direct contact ______.

• A) allows Congress to talk to more people collectively than pollsters talk to when taking polls
• B) makes it less likely that certain public concerns will be overlooked
• C) is always more accurate than a poll
• D) provides more representative samples of public opinion
• E) requires less time than it takes to conduct polls

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