Question

complete the text.
members of the house of representatives are elected by ________, senators are elected by ________.
options:

• citizens in their state... the supreme court
• state legislatures... citizens in their district
• the supreme court... state legislatures
• citizens in their district... citizens in their state

Explanation:

To solve this, we recall the U.S. election process: House of Representatives members are elected by citizens in their congressional district (within their state), and Senators are elected by citizens of their entire state. Let's analyze each option:

• First option: Senators can't be elected by the Supreme Court (it's a judicial body, not an election body), so wrong.
• Second option: House members aren't elected by state legislatures (they're elected by district citizens), and Senators aren't elected by district citizens (they're elected by state citizens), so wrong.
• Third option: House members aren't elected by the Supreme Court, and Senators aren't elected by state legislatures (since the 17th Amendment, Senators are elected by state citizens), so wrong.
• Fourth option: House of Representatives members are elected by citizens in their district (within the state), and Senators are elected by citizens in their state. This matches the U.S. election system.

Answer:

D. citizens in their district... citizens in their state (assuming the last option is labeled D; if the original options had labels, use the correct label with the text. Since the last option is "citizens in their district... citizens in their state", that's the correct one.)