Section: Social Studies

Question 51 of 74

51) "Without our two great political parties cutting across economic and geographic interests, democracy as we know it could never have been made to function.” The author of this statement probably meant to suggest that

political parties in the United States tend to represent sectional interests
each political party appeals to a different social class
there is no significant difference between the Democratic and
Republican parties
an important feature of the U.S. political system is the broadly based appeal of the two political parties
only a two-party system can function in a democracy

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