Which statement correctly summarizes why civic participation is important in
a democracy?
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a. it politicians understand how best to manipulate citizens.
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b. it allows citizens to win political arguments more easily.
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c. citizens of nondemocratic nations learn to model democratic
behavior.
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d. politicians better understand what citizens want.

The correct answer is D: civic participation is important in order everyone gets to express their needs and fight for their rights. This helps elected politicians better understand how their work should be conducted.

Democracy means "people power". There are different forms of democracy; they can be more or less direct, for example. That means a democratic regime can have more or less instruments for the people to express their voice.  

Generally there are always elected individuals to represent large numbers of people. Because of this, it's important in a democracy that civic participation is possible so that people can directly make demands to their representatives and keep an eye on the public Power.

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