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Given the fact that each person is only one of approximately 90 million voters in this country, does it make sense to believe th
Given the fact that each person is only one of approximately 90 million voters in this country, does it make sense to believe th
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2019-04-08
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Given the fact that each person is only one of approximately 90 million voters in this country, does it make sense to believe that one person’s participation, one vote, will have any impact on a major election? Simply to raise the question "What if everyone felt the same way?" does not remove the lingering impression that a single person is made to feel insignificant by the enormous number of people who do go to the polls, especially in a national election.
Supporters of the ruling elite theory insist that even though voters are given a choice among candidates, their choice is restricted to a narrow range of similar-minded individuals approved by the ruling elite. Elections do not express what most people want or need, nor do they provide guidance for politicians (even if they want it)on what policies to enact. In this view, elections are primarily just rituals that perform a symbolic function for society.
Still, since most people continue to show faces at the polls at one time or another, what arguments can be made in favor of voting? One argument is that voting does have significance, if not in individual impact, then in group pressure. Because citizens collectively have the power to give or withhold votes, they directly control the term in office of elected officials. Even if the choice is between
Tweedledee and Tweedledum
, Tweedledee knows that one must be accountable and this is fixed by law, and that minimally he or she must strive to avoid displeasing the constituents to lose the job.
But perhaps political effectiveness and impact in voting are not the only consideration anyway. People do not vote only to influence policy. Millions go to the effort to register and vote for a variety of other reasons as well. Some people may participate just to avoid feeling guilty about not voting. They may have been taught that is their patriotic duty to vote and that they have no right to complain about the outcome if they stay at home. Still others may vote to derive satisfaction from feeling that they are somehow participants, not just spectators, in an exciting electoral contest.
Even if their one vote may not be crucial to the outcome, it nevertheless affirms their role in and support for the political process. Indeed, perhaps it is this final need that fuels the desire for full democratic participation among people in many nations of the world.
Which of the following is the best title for the text?
选项
A、Why Vote?
B、How to Vote?
C、Whom to Vote for?
D、Do Elections Work?
答案
A
解析
该题为主旨题。全文主要论述即使有人认为选举并不能起很大的作用,但还是有一定意义的,即描述人们一直不断选举的原因。第一段提出人们对投票的不同观点,第二段主要介绍选举的实质,第三段主要阐述为什么要投票,第四段主要论述人们选举的原因,最后一段主要总结选举的意义。B选项“怎样去选举”,C选项“为谁而选举”和D选项“选举起作用吗”在文章中并没提到,只有A选项“为什么选举”符合文意,故选A。
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