What Brought the Precipitous Decline of Public Approval of the Republican

question 63

Multiple Choice

What brought the precipitous decline of public approval of the Republican Party in late 2013?

• A) the Republican-caused government shutdown
• B) the increasing popularity of Obamacare
• C) the improvement in the economy under President Obama
• D) the winding down of troop involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan
• E) the Republican opposition to the president's climate-change measures

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