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According to the text, partisan gridlock ________

A) reached an all-time low in 2011 B) results in a higher than average rate of laws being passed C) has never led to the shutdown of government D) has not occurred in the United States since the 19th Century E) has indicated a lack of common ground

The experiences of George McGovern in 1972 and Jimmy Carter in 1976 under the new rules illustrated that

a. outsiders with tenuous links to others in the party could compete and make it harder to win and govern. b. making the process fairer would damage the party on Election Day because it shifted the Democrats too far to the left. c. Republicans would have a permanent advantage in presidential elections because the party could quickly rally around a nominee who had not been bruised in the primaries. d. by making the process more representative and fair, the Democratic Party could capture the vital center in American politics.