Imagine an individual politician who is in favor of restricting the extension of voting rights to a currently disenfranchised group. This politician fears the new group of voters will vote him and his political party out of office if it gains the right to vote. This politician's behavior best reflects which principle of politics?

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The politician's behavior reflects the rationality principle because he is acting in his own self-interest by trying to maintain his power and prevent the new group of voters from voting him and his party out of office.

Imagine an Individual Politician Who Is in Favor of Restricting