V. O. Key in Southern Politics concluded that bifactionalism in the Democratic Party left Texas with __________.
A. a one-party system in which Democratic dominance continued through an informal agreement between liberal and conservative Democrats to alternate support for one another's candidates in gubernatorial elections
B. no-party politics in which the influence of pressure groups was high because the lines of power were blurred
C. a system of electoral politics in which independent and third-party candidates could regularly win several seats in the state legislature
D. a party system immediately dominated by the Republicans
Answer: B
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