Essentials of Democracy Exercise

We are skipping the civics lessons for now and going straight to the final exam.

Here is a quasi questionnaire I found in the New York Times.  I have somewhat  modified it for the sake of clarity.  Let's do this!

ESSENTIALS OF DEMOCRACY

1.        Rank order these from (1) most essential to (14) least essential.

 

▢ Checks & balances

▢ Civic participation

▢ Economic freedom

▢ Education (actual, not potential)

▢ Equal treatment under the law

▢ Free and fair elections

▢ Freedom

▢ Free and independent press

▢ Independent judiciary

▢ Limited government (by constitution)

▢ Minimal corruption

▢ Multiparty system

▢ Rule of law (including accepting the results of an election)

▢ Transparency

 

2.       Explain why you ranked the top 3 essentials as you did.