Catalogue question 125 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
In a democracy, one function of regular elections is …
- to force citizens to cast their vote.
- to enable a change of government according to the will of the majority of voters. Correct
- to keep existing laws in the country unchanged.
- to give the poor more power.
Why — for every option
- A — There is no compulsory voting in Germany; forcing people to cast a vote contradicts electoral freedom.
- B — Correct: regular, free elections enable a peaceful change of power in line with the will of the voters — a core feature of democracy.
- C — Elections exist precisely to change policy and thus also laws, not to keep them unchanged.
- D — Elections do not allocate power by wealth class; every vote counts equally, regardless of income (Art. 38(1) Basic Law, principle of equality).
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