American Farmers and Their Workers Represent Less Than One Percent

question 15

Multiple Choice

American farmers and their workers represent less than one 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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