Question

Members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms in order to:

1) protect the House of Representatives from the excesses of popular opinion.

2) stabilize the enactment of public policy with little regard for popular opinion.

3) diminish the need to consider popular opinion in the enactment of public policy.

4) ensure the House is responsive to the will of the people.

Answer 1

And your answer is?

Answer 2

The answer should be 4. If you think about it, it makes sense too, because in the Senate, elections take place every 6 years, and the thought is that it tends to remove them from the desires of their constituents as time goes on. The Founders wanted at least one branch of government to have direct connection with the people on a district-level, and that became the House of Representatives.