What is the main idea behind "pork barrel" politics?
a. Legislators seek to spend government money in their home district to help ensure reelection.
b. Legislators who spend an inordinate amount of the taxpayers' money will most likely lose the next election.
c. The law-making process is less corrupt when representatives can secure limited benefits for their constituents.
d. Interest groups from agricultural areas have greater influence in upper houses of legislatures than in lower houses.
a
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