What Best Explains the Failure of the Coalition for Democracy

question 4

Multiple Choice

What best explains the failure of the Coalition for Democracy to win the January 2010 elections in Chile?

• A)Marco Enríquez-Ominami split the center-left vote.
• B)Voters viewed their candidate, Eduardo Frei, as part of the old guard and out of touch with voters.
• C)The standing president and member of the Coalition, Michelle Bachelet, was very unpopular.
• D)The centrist parties aligned with the right to create a center-right alliance.

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Definitions:

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Serotonin

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