If current patterns hold, which of the following statements about congressional representation is most accurate?

A. The influence of special interests over Congressional representatives is higher on issues of high complexity and low visibility.
B. Congressional partisanship has severed the representative connection between Congress and citizens.
C. Most of the time individual members are too beholden to special interests to effectively represent the interests of voters.
D. Republicans in Congress are much more closely tied to the representational interests of their districts are than Democratic members.


Answer: A

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