RC Drill Set 1, Question 9
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)
The author of passage A(27 more words not shown)
- AIt is as(16 more words not shown)
- BIt will not(18 more words not shown)
- CIt will lead(17 more words not shown)
- DAlthough it will(14 more words not shown)
- EIt will produce(13 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
A separates having representatives from getting responsive policy. A small group can win seats through its own party without securing government policies that serve it. So A should be skeptical that assigning seats proportionally, as B recommends, produces the responsiveness a true democracy needs.
Working the answers
- A
This praise goes in the wrong direction. A doubts that proportional representation delivers the desired policy outcomes.
- BCorrect
A says representation proportional to votes usually fails to deliver policies that serve the represented group's concerns (Passage A, paragraph 2). A would therefore question whether B's system responds adequately to all interests.
- C
A connects convergence with parties being forced to seek broad support. It describes parties focused on different segments as tending to diverge. This assigns the favored result to the arrangement A criticizes.
- D
The concession that equitable government is likely conflicts with A's concern. A also expressly discusses coalitions among nonmajority parties, rather than treating such coalitions as unlikely.
- E
This credits PR with the equitable, stable, effective results A associates with convergence. It reverses A's evaluation.
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