Which of the following significantly undermined the Whig's presidential election campaign in 1836?
A) The Whig political strategy of appealing to diverse constituencies by nominating different presidential candidates in different states and different regions in the country adversely diluted and scattered the Whig popular and electoral votes.
B) The Whig political strategy of desiring a larger federal government that could manage internal improvements proved to be politically unpopular in New England and the Mid-Atlantic states.
C) The Whigs did not have a popular political candidate to run in the North and the West.
D) State Whig Party leaders and activists resented the tight party discipline on issues such as slavery and Manifest Destiny that the national Whig Party attempted to enforce.
Answer: A
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