The Core Principle Underlying Representative Democracy Is ______________________

question 77

Multiple Choice

The core principle underlying representative democracy is ______________________.

• A) existentialism
• B) majoritarianism, or majority rule
• C) proportional representation
• D) rule by heredity
• E) authoritarianism

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Genus

A major classification category situated above species and beneath family, employed in the categorization of both living and extinct life forms.

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