Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1.Third-party movements contribute to the policy agendas of the major party coalitions even as the winner-take-all electoral system continues to deny third-party candidates public office.
2.The history of party building is largely a story of the “outs” finding new ways to become the “ins.”
3.The party conventions provided a forum for politicking that convinced diverse party factions to agree to unite behind a single presidential candidate and a coherent party platform.
4.Under the civil service system, appointment and advancement depended on political pull rather than merit.
5.Primary elections deprived parties of a crucial political resource: the ability to control access to elective public office by controlling nominations.

1.true
2.true
3.false
4.false
5.true