In Most Recent National Conventions

question 130

Multiple Choice

In most recent national conventions,

• A) the party nominee has been the candidate who was favored by big business and corporate officers.
• B) the party nominee has been the candidate who was most popular with rank-and-file party identifiers in the nation as a whole.
• C) the party nominee has been the candidate who received the most endorsements from newspapers and was given the most favorable attention by television commentators.
• D) there has been no discernable pattern concerning characteristics of the party nominees.
• E) the party nominee has not been chosen until the convention.

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