All of the Following Are True of Pork Barrel Projects

question 44

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true of pork barrel projects EXCEPT

• A)typically they are public works and economic development ventures whose benefits accrue largely to a specifically defined geographic area.
• B)legislative leaders shower the districts of their electorally threatened co-partisans with them in hopes of avoiding a party switch in those districts.
• C)legislators believe they will help their chances of winning reelection.
• D)conservative legislators who are ideologically opposed to government spending always shun such projects for their districts.

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