Question

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?

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.