Which of these statements about representative democracy is false?

a. It is based on the assumption that not all citizens can be actively involved in decision making.
b. Representative democracy assumes that officials who do not fulfill the wishes of the majority will not be re-elected.
c. The assumption in a representative democracy is that all citizens will be actively involved in all political decisions.
d. A representative democracy may be proportional if officials participate to the extent they win votes in the election.
e. The United States has the oldest representative democracy in the world.


C

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