Answer the following three essay questions separately.

Each answer should be one to two pages long. 

The goal is to show me that you learned and understood the course material by doing readings. (Attached below)

The paper will be graded and judged by how effective your use of specific references to appropriate readings and the correct use of vocabulary and application of course concepts.

Answer all three questions.

1.  How democratic is our Constitution today? Does our government measure up against an ideal democracy? How does our government measure up against other democratic governments? Is it more democratic? Less democratic? In what ways?

2. What makes a social movement like #BlackLivesMatter more likely to achieve its goals?

3. When do we expect members of Congress to pay attention to the median voter in their district? When should we expect them to pay attention to interest groups? What do these two dynamics tell us about the outcomes we should expect from the American political system?