Question

First you must read chapter one from the book the Struggle for the Democracy and then you should identify and discuss the three fundamental principles of representative democracy as discussed by the authors of The Struggle for Democracy.

1. Then you must explain do you see those influences in some of the most recent Presidential elections in the United States? Were those three fundamental principles of Democracy violated in any of our presidential or elections?

Answer 1

Fundamental principles of representative democracy

1)Popular sovereignty

• Government policies reflect the wishes of the people
• Majority rule
• High quality information ℹs available

in order to participate

Media is important

• Election are fair or free
• Government leaders are selected in competitive Election

2)Political equity

• Equal voice
• Equal protection (5th and 14 th amendment)

5th amendment - people under all the laws have equal right regarding race, economic status

15th amendment - due process law, people treated equally , under the law prohibits denying the vote based on race

• Relative economic equality?

3)Autonomy

• Autonomy means Self rule
• An autonomous individual exercises control over her or his own life by developing a self that is sufficiently mature to make decisions according to laws or rules chosen for good reasons.
• Autonomous individuals themselves are in control means first that they are sovereign masters of their wills and second that they are not dependent on the wills (or whims) of others.

1)yes, fundamental principle of representative democracy seen in presidential election

The candidate who receives an absolute majority of electoral votes (Out of a total of 538,atlest 270, since the Twenty-Third Amendment granting voting rights to citizens of Washington, D.C.) is then elected to that office.

Three fundamental principles of Democracy violated in Election