Representatives can use public opinion to advance the cause of deliberative democracy by

a. following it strictly regardless of the consequences.
b. allowing the people to engage in deliberation and then cast their votes as the public directs.
c. consulting it as a guide for their deliberations in Congress.
d. making a show of consulting it but in reality sticking to their own interests.
e. disregarding it as uninformed.


ANS: C

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