By Capturing Precinct Conventions and Advancing Candidates Who Had Little

question 39

Multiple Choice

By capturing precinct conventions and advancing candidates who had little in common with mainstream party voters

• A) Socialists gained control of the Democratic Party in 1976.
• B) the tea party gained control of the Republican Party in 2008.
• C) Libertarians gained control of the Republican Party in 2000.
• D) the Religious Right gained control of the Republican Party in 1994.
• E) Progressives gained control of the Democratic Party in 1994.

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