Political Science Question

Focus Activities: The Democratic Republic

Quotes Elitist, Pluralist, or Majoritarian

1- “The flaw in the pluralist heaven is that the heavenly chorus sings with a strong upper-class accent.”—E. E. Schattschneider (___)

2- ”All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable. . . .”—Thomas Jefferson (___)

3- This “conception of society, therefore, sees a vast profusion of group interests represented and embodied by political groups, none of which has the power to prevail over the rest.”—Michael Foley (___)

4- “Interest groups disproportionately represent people and corporations that can afford to meet the cost of organized persuasion.”—Charles Lindblom (___)