What Is the Party Principle

question 80

Multiple Choice

What is the party principle?

• A) the identification of elected officials and citizens with different political parties
• B) groups or individuals who associate with a political party
• C) the idea that parties are organizations distinct from their elected officials
• D) those politicians who are elected to office under a common party label
• E) the proposition that parties always put their self-interest ahead of the public good

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