Duverger's law explains ______.
A. why plurality elections always lead to party systems with more than two major competitors
B. why office seekers will frequently pursue office as independents or third-party nominees
C. why in a system in which a single winner is chosen by plurality voting, serious competitors will be reduced to two
D. why the Electoral College is so frequently unable to choose the President
Answer: C
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a. Truman kept to calculated plans about defense perimeters instead of following the more knee-jerk reactions of his top generals. b. the United States was unable to mobilize the UN Security Council to endorse a collective security response because the Soviet Union vetoed the measure. c. the United States was able to mobilize the UN Security Council to endorse a collective security response. d. the United States was unable to mobilize the UN Security Council to endorse a collective security response and so deployed its military unilaterally to halt the North Korean aggression. e. the United States took no immediate action, expecting the South Korean army to easily rout the North Korean forces.