While Helping Presidents Compete Successfully with Opposition-Controlled Congresses, the Development

question 62

Multiple Choice

While helping presidents compete successfully with opposition-controlled Congresses, the development of cable television and other mass communications technology has also done which of the following?

• A) eroded the President's capacity to enlist television to go public.
• B) made going public more effective for presidents.
• C) caused opposition parties to be less likely to win control of Congress.
• D) made the Supreme Court a much more important institution regarding public policy.

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