Limitation of Elections
•If the public opinion is ill defined or badly divided, elected officials get mixed signals.
•The great expenditure of time and money required to run for public office gives a huge advantage to incumbents and discourages many potential challengers.
•To attract as many voters or interest groups as possible, candidates often waffle on issues.
•Candidates often makes promises they cannot keep; powerful lobbies and an incredibly convoluted budget process preoccupy, and occasionally paralyze, Congress.