Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Many first-time candidates for Congress bring with them a set of policy objectives rather than one specific issue.
2. Only those candidates with the strongest personal desire to act in politics decide to face the long odds against success.
3. First-timers, regardless of political party, gender, racial or ethnic identity, or religious preference, are all driven in part to advance and advocate for a set of policy goals in order to change the political conversation.
4. After making the decision to run for office, first-timers face a rather smooth path, as incumbents are fairly easy to defeat.
5. In the 1992 election, women’s PACs played a relatively minor role in financing and advising the campaigns of women’s elections.


1. True
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. False

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