Why Do Winning Candidates Claim a Mandate Even Though Political

question 40

Multiple Choice

Why do winning candidates claim a mandate even though political scientists generally discredit the mandate theory of elections?

• A)Politicians think that political scientists do not understand how things actually work.
• B)Voters do not necessarily prefer all of the winning candidate's issue positions.
• C)Winning candidates want to justify their policy proposals by claiming that the public supports them.
• D)Winning candidates are not well versed in the political science literature.

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