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

question 36

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)this was a way to make the Senate resistant to popular pressure.
• C)the state legislatures would conspire with each other to elect a Senate dominated by a single party.
• D)this would make members of the Senate more responsive to the preferences of their constituents.