American Farmers and Their Workers Represent Less Than 1 Percent

question 25

Multiple Choice

American farmers and their workers represent less than 1 percent of the U.S. population. This fact supports the proposition that

• A) because of their size, farmers have been unsuccessful as interest groups.
• B) there are more farmers today than there were forty years ago.
• C) most farmers are too busy to be politically active.
• D) even a small percentage of the populace can be effective if they organize.
• E) geographical dispersion works against the formation of effective interest groups.

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