Research Indicates That One Important Reason​ for the Decline of Third-Party

question 34

Multiple Choice

Research indicates that one important reason​ for the decline of third-party voting starting in the 1930s may be

• A)disenchantment with rules promulgated by the Federal Election Commission restricting who can vote for third parties.
• B)​realization that issues raised by third parties are always insignificant.
• C)​leftward drift of the Democratic Party to adopt issues otherwise raised by third parties.
• D)​voter fraud sabotaging the actual results earned by third-party candidates.
• E)belief that the Republican Party was going to have a platform that would accomplish anything a third party would otherwise work toward.

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