Continuous competition among groups in a democracy ensures that power moves around in shifting alliances of interests

In recent decades, party control of the House and Senate

a. has remained stable. b. has seen both houses change party leadership. c. has seen the House become nearly completely republican. d. has seen the Senate overwhelmingly controlled by the democratic party.

The effect of the McGovern–Fraser Commission was

a. to enable party leaders to pick a candidate who would help the whole party on Election Day. b. to create a system of campaign financing that enabled candidates outside of the mainstream to have enough resources to compete. c. it changed the system so the party base has more influence than insiders. d. it changed how the Republican Party chose delegates to the national convention in order to reduce the influence of social conservatives.