All of the Following Are True of Pork Barrel Projects

question 14

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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