Only One-Third of the Senate Is Up for Re-Election During

question 50

Multiple Choice

Only one-third of the Senate is up for re-election during any single election year because the framers believed that

• A) too many elections would be difficult for the states to run.
• B) the voters should not have to make too many decisions during any single election.
• C) this was the only way to protect the Senate against radical changes.
• D) the state legislatures would conspire with each other to elect a Senate dominated by a single party.
• E) this would make members of the Senate more responsive to the preferences of their constituents.

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