Alice: In democracies, politicians garner support by emphasizing the differences between their opponents and themselves. Because they must rule in accord with their rhetoric, policies in democracies fluctuate wildly as one party succeeds another. Elwell: But despite election rhetoric, to put together majority coalitions in democracies, politicians usually end up softening their stands on individual issues once they are elected. The statements above provide the most support for the claim that Alice and Elwell disagree about whether ['politicians heighten the differences between themselves and their opponents during elections', 'in a democracy the best way of ensuring continuity in policies is to form a coalition government', 'basic policies change drastically when one party succeeds another in a democracy', 'most voters stay loyal to a particular political party even as it changes its stand on particular issues']