xdf老网络课堂填空题的第二题

Which of the following best completes the passage below?

"Government " does not exist as an independent entity defining policy. Instead there exists a group of democratically elected pragmatists sensitive to the electorate, who establish policies that weill result in their own reelection. Therefore, if public policy is hostile to, say,environmental concerns, it is not because of governmental perversity but because elected officials believe that____

答案为E:the majority of voters do not strongly wish for a different policy.

为什么啊？我怎么连题目都没看明白，后面提到的environment没关么？

BTW，听xdf老的网络课堂和新的有什么不同啊？影响么？谢谢