When Political Scientists Use the Term Divided Government, They Are

question 27

Multiple Choice

When political scientists use the term divided government, they are referring mainly to

• A) the inability of Republicans and Democrats to agree with one another.
• B) the fact that the president is not a member of Congress.
• C) situations in which the divisions within the parties are as large as the differences between them.
• D) situations in which one party controls the House and the other party controls the Senate.
• E) situations in which one party controls the presidency and the other party controls one or both houses of Congress.

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