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.
C
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A) had no significant impact. B) resulted in a loss of support for the Democratic candidate, Al Gore. C) resulted in a loss of support for the Republican candidate, George W. Bush. D) garnered nearly 50% of the popular vote. E) proved to be the first time an independent was elected to the office of president.
When the representative of a group interacts with government officials in order to advance that group’s goals in the area of public policy, it could best be described as ______.
a. lobbying b. influencing c. networking d. acknowledging