AP US Government and Politics Quiz
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CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS
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A national popular majority favors a candidate, but another wins via state-by-state elector totals. What counter-majoritarian feature is this?
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The Electoral College, which can produce winners without a national popular plurality and can amplify smaller-state or dispersed minority preferences.
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The House of Representatives, because each district's popular vote is aggregated into a single nationwide total that always decides elections.
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Federalist No. 51's judicial independence, because life-tenured judges select the president to prevent majority tyranny in elections.
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The initiative and referendum, because citizens vote directly for president through national ballot measures rather than state processes.
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Unicameralism, because a single legislative chamber counts votes for president and ensures the national majority always prevails.
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