A classic study of national convention delegates found that the opinions of Democratic and Republican leaders diverged sharply and that
A) they were found to conform to party images.
B) Republican leaders identified with big business, free enterprise, and economic conservation.
C) Democrats were friendly toward labor and government regulation of the economy.
D) all of the above.
E) both B and C are correct.
Question -2-Which independent candidate for president made the strongest showing since Theodore Roosevelt ran as the head of the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party in 1912?
A) George Wallace
B) Eugene McCarthy
C) H. Ross Perot
D) John Anderson
E) John Quincy Smith
Question -3-Which of the following has made the strongest showing of any candidate who was not a major party nominee since Theodore Roosevelt headed a third-party movement in 1912?
A) John Anderson
B) George Wallace
C) H. Ross Perot
D) Eugene McCarthy
E) William E. Mack
Question -4-Your authors argue that which of the following enables major political parties to survive adversity and to rise again after suffering a major defeat in a presidential election?
A) The constitutional requirement that there be a two-party system in the United States
B) Supreme Court rulings that require the continuation of the two-party system in the United States.
C) Many congressional districts are dominated by one party, and even when a party suffers a disastrous defeat nationally, it still has durable pockets of power across the nation.
D) The constitutional requirement that there be a multi-party system in the United States.
E) A ban on all minor parties.
Question -5-Which of the following were part of the coalition formed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
A) Southerners
B) labor and immigrants
C) African Americans and other minority groups
D) all of the above
E) only B and C are correct
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