During the Jacksonian Era, parties had to appeal to much larger numbers of voters, and one response was a shift from selecting candidates in a closed caucus of party representatives in Congress to using _________ to select presidential candidates

A) ?open party caucuses
B) ?national primaries
C) ?state-by-state primaries
D) ?national conventions
E) ?open congressional caucuses

D

Political Science

You might also like to view...

Which government units retained most of the sovereignty during the period of the Articles of Confederation?

a. The federal government and the people b. The states and the federal government c. The states and the people d. Only the federal government

Political Science

Suffrage is __________.

A. the voter registration process B. the ability to vote C. a limit to the right to vote D. the belief that voters should meet minimum criteria

Political Science