Which of the following statements best describes an advantage of representative democracy? elections are unnecessary because birth and political party determines the officials. the leaders tend to agree on how government should work and what it should do for people. government officials tend to ignore local issues and focus on those for the whole country. citizens have decision-making power through voting for leaders and certain policies.

Washington said that the united states would be "friendly and impartial" in regard to foreign conflict. what was his reason behind this statement? a jefferson and washington had determined the u.s. was too weak to wage war. b the u.s. had a treaty with both england and france, and was thus required to remain neutral. c france asked for the united states to stay out of the war, due to trade relationships. d a special envoy from england asked for strict neutrality on behalf of the united states.