Why Would a Direct Democracy Be Unlikely to Succeed in the United

question 23

Multiple Choice

Why would a direct democracy be unlikely to succeed in the United States?

• A)The lower political participation by citizens would skew legislation too far away from the good of the majority.
• B)The large population of the United States would likely make any direct democracy too unwieldy and inefficient to accomplish much.
• C)The population of the United States changes too often in terms of diversity to make the direct democracy approach feasible.
• D)The United States currently utilizes a direct democracy approach to all elections and legislation at various levels of government.
• E)The political culture of the representative democracy is too ingrained in the United States for a shift to direct democracy to be possible.

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