{"id":23635,"date":"2026-08-30T01:01:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/what-is-one-potential-trade-off-of-californias-direct-democracy-system\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T01:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:01:39","slug":"what-is-one-potential-trade-off-of-californias-direct-democracy-system","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/what-is-one-potential-trade-off-of-californias-direct-democracy-system\/","title":{"rendered":"What is one potential trade-off of California\u2019s direct-democracy system?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is one potential trade-off of California\u2019s direct-democracy system?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Direct democracy eliminates all political conflict.<\/li>\n<li>Initiatives automatically expire in one day.<\/li>\n<li>Voters can bypass legislators, but ballot rules may create complex long-term constraints.<\/li>\n<li>Voters have no policy role.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3305,3307],"subject":[3257],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-23635","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-california-facts","topic-california-government","subject-us-government-civics","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Voters can bypass legislators, but ballot rules may create complex long-term constraints.<\/strong> is correct. California\u2019s direct-democracy tools can bypass the legislature but can also create complex long-term policy constraints.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Direct democracy eliminates all political conflict."},{"right":"no","answer":"Initiatives automatically expire in one day."},{"right":"yes","answer":"Voters can bypass legislators, but ballot rules may create complex long-term constraints."},{"right":"no","answer":"Voters have no policy role."}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3257,"title":"U.S. Government &amp; Civics","slug":"us-government-civics"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3305,"title":"California Facts","slug":"california-facts"},{"id":3307,"title":"California Government","slug":"california-government"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/23635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=23635"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=23635"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=23635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}