An important part of presidential campaigning is activating voters' latent partisanship. This entails

A. the demonization of the other party's nominees.
B. assigning blame for recent failures.
C. assigning credit for recent successes.
D. reminding party members why they're party members.
E. None of these are correct.


Answer: D

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