Alice: In democracies, politicians garner

Answer choices

1. A

   Nobody Disagrees10% picked this

   politicians heighten the differences between themselves and their opponents

   This is Alice's first claim, which we think Elwell agrees with.

   10%
2. B

   Correct85% picked this

   basic policies change drastically when one party succeeds another in

   Why this is right

   This is Alice's 3rd claim. She thinks that policies DO change drastically when one party succeeds another. Elwell never says that they don't, but he is arguing that they don't. He's saying, that politicians usually end up softening their stands (which means they compromise more with their opponents), so they don't end up enacting policies that are wildly different than those enacted by the opposing party once they get back into power.

   Skill tested: Agree/Disagree · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   85%
3. C

   Nobody Agrees / Too Strong: the best3% picked this

   in a democracy the best way of ensuring continuity in policies is to form

   Neither person comments on the best way to ensure continuity in policies.

   3%
4. D

   Nobody Agrees / Too Strong: most1% picked this

   most voters stay loyal to a particular political party even as it changes its stand

   Neither person comments on whether most voters do anything. They talk about what politicians usually do, but not about voters.

   1%
5. E

   Trap2% picked this

   the desire of parties to build majority coalitions tends to support

   Nobody Disagrees Unsupported Causality: tends to support Neither person talks about whether the desire to build a coalition supports democratic systems, undermines them, or is neutral when it comes to democratic systems. If anything, we might argue that Elwell agrees with this, but we certainly couldn't say Alice disagrees with it. She said nothing about coalitions at all, so we have no idea how she feels about them.

   2%