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asmith134

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Which statement about American political parties is false?
 
  A) A person's party identification, once developed, tends to endure.
  B) The number of Democrats in the electorate consistently exceeded the number of Republicans until the mid-1990s.
  C) Independents outnumber Democratic Party and Republican Party identifiers, combined, in the U.S. electorate.
  D) The proportion of Democrats in the electorate has shrunk over time, to the benefit of both Republicans and Independents.
  E) Fifty percent of children adopt the same party affiliation as their parents.

Question 2

In the discipline of political science, party identification refers to
 
  A) a sense of psychological attachment to a party.
  B) one's voting record.
  C) the simple majority needed to cast a vote.
  D) ability to discuss the platforms of a number of political parties that one admires.
  E) the political organization that opposes a person's beliefs.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A



asmith134

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again




 

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