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How can money power and muscle power weaken the quality of elections?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: They can suppress free choice and equal competition

Correct answer: D. Free elections require voters to choose without improper pressure and candidates to compete on reasonably equal terms. Excessive money power can create unequal access to publicity, transport or campaign resources, while muscle power can intimidate voters, opponents or election workers. These practices may make the formal process look like an election while weakening the freedom and fairness that give it democratic value. D is correct because it identifies both harms: suppression of free choice and damage to equal competition. A is wrong because unequal money or force does not provide equal opportunity. B is wrong because intimidation and vote buying do not educate voters. C is wrong because these powers do not ensure transparent counting; counting safeguards are separate. Memory cue: money can distort opportunity, and force can distort choice.

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