The correct answer is that <span>the public opinion would prefer the national popular vote as a way of selecting the president. That is because it sometimes happens that someone wins the general vote but loses the election because of the electoral votes system. Of course this also depends on who wins and when.</span>
Answer: He founded the city of Santo Domingo on Hispaniola between 1496 and 1498, which is now the capital of the Dominican Republic.
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The correct answer is A) Both embraced Western ideas and worked to bring Russia fully into European cultural and political life.
The statement that best describes the similarities in reforms between Catherine the Great and Peter the Great is "Both embraced Western ideas and worked to bring Russia fully into European cultural and political life."
These rulers of Russia were interested in maintaining close ties and relationships with western European nations. They received the influence of other European rulers and customs from other parts of the continent.
Both Peter and Catherine considered that a good education was a good investment and although were dictators -Emperors in that time- they ruled to expand Russia's territory. However, both failed in improving the living condition of their subjects that remained poor.
