Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Once in office, elected officials are free to conduct their own political careers with little intervention from their political party leadership.
2. In terms of drama, 2016 was different because many of the major candidates were seen as too extreme to pose a legitimate threat to the political establishment.
3. The responsible party model requires little or no party cohesion in order to succeed.
4. In reality, political parties are basically a large collection of state organizations that, in turn, are loose collections of local groups.
5. To be fair, parties try to encourage prospective candidates within their own ranks who aren’t seen as having a good chance of winning.
1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. False
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