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

1. Individuals with no party affiliation may participate in closed primaries.
2. The major broadcast networks have, in recent decades, cut back on the amount of live coverage that they give to the major political party conventions.
3. One explanation for why the United States has only two parties is that its society lacks the deep reinforcing social cleavages that often spawn new parties.
4. American political parties concentrate most of their power in their national committees.
5. From Barbour and Wright’s point of view, it seems that Americans often forget that a lot of what we call “politics” is really about “bickering” between political parties.


1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE

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