1. Do you think that government representatives truly represent the people or are they more interested in taking care of themselves and their friends and contributors? Why or why not?

2. In a representative democracy, not everyone is a member of the government. In fact, relatively few people are. So how is a representative democracy different from an oligarchy?

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Lexie Sandoval

Advanced Placement (AP)

16 October, 22:45

1. Do you think that government representatives truly represent the people or are they more interested in taking care of themselves and their friends and contributors? Why or why not?

2. In a representative democracy, not everyone is a member of the government. In fact, relatively few people are. So how is a representative democracy different from an oligarchy?

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Wilkinson · Answer 1

1. I believe that government representatives are mainly interested in their own personal reasons most of the time. They tend to make votes based on their constituents views to be re-elected.

2. A representative democracy is different from and oligarchy because in a representative democracy government officials are elected by their constituents.