RC Drill Set 1, Question 12
The following passages discuss democratic electoral systems.(487 more words not shown)
Passage A(231 more words not shown)
Passage B(256 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(24 more words not shown)
- AIn democracies, voters(16 more words not shown)
- BThe chances of(16 more words not shown)
- CDemocratic systems in(19 more words not shown)
- DDemocratic electoral systems(14 more words not shown)
- EWinner-take-all electoral systems(13 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Different recommendations don't necessarily mean different goals. A wants government responsive to the whole electorate. B objects that dominant-party systems leave minority voters without a meaningful voice. We should look for a shared principle about what representation should accomplish, while keeping their disagreement about methods intact.
Working the answers
- A
B favors several representatives in each constituency, but A doesn't endorse that requirement. A questions whether proportional seats deliver responsive policy.
- B
This is A's recommendation. B treats limited policy choice as a problem and favors making more alternatives viable, so it doesn't support this as their shared principle.
- C
B explicitly describes a “vicious cycle of marginalization.” But A doesn't establish or endorse that account of how dominant parties keep smaller parties weak. Being stated in B isn't enough.
- DCorrect
A expressly calls for government that attends to every group of voters (Passage A, paragraph 1). B's demand that minority voters receive their fair share of representation supports the same goal: their interests should count too.
- E
Neither establishes this incompatibility. A values convergence, while B's criticism of winner-take-all representation doesn't prove that such systems cannot produce convergence.
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