People should and do choose their elected representatives partly on the basis of how well they believe these representatives, once in office, can convince them to do or support whatever needs to be done.
A.
It is the author's belief that people should choose representatives whom they believe will convince them to take action.
B.
People choose representatives on the basis of whether or not they believe the representatives can be convinced to do what needs to be done.
C.
Although people should choose representatives whom they believe will convince them to take action, often they do not.
D.
People choose representatives whom they believe will convince them to take action.
E.
Representatives are elected only on the basis of their ability to take action.