Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): There is an undisputed support for democracy in South Asian Countries.
Reason (R): In South Asia, ordinary citizens belonging to different religions, views, rich or poor support the representative democracy.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true but (R) is false
(4) (A) is false but (R) is true

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Despite the mixed record of the democratic experience, the people in all these countries share the aspiration for democracy. A recent survey of the attitudes of the people in the five big countries of the Southeast Asian region that there is widespread support for democracy in all these countries. Ordinary citizens, rich as well as poor and belonging to different religions, view the idea of democracy positively and support the institutions of representative democracy. They prefer democracy over any other form of government and think that democracy is suitable for their country.