Question

What basic function do elections not serve in the united states? they allow citizens to accept jobs and benefits in exchange for votes. they provide for peaceful transfer of power. they allow citizens to offer tacit acceptance of the american constitutional tradition. they provide a basis for democratic expression?

Answer 1

The correct answer is they provide a basis for democratic expression

Elections can be viewed as providing a market in which the citizenry gets to choose the leaders they want and reject those that they do not want. As such, they allow the citizens exercise their democratic right