Which of the following statements regarding political socialization is true?
A. Parents disaffected from the political system are more likely to provide political information to their children than parents who are not similarly disaffected.
B. Although more sources of political information have become readily available in recent decades to most Americans, these sources are not as readily available to most young people.
C. Sources of information about politics have been steadily decreasing in the United States for decades.
D. The family has become the only meaningful source of political socialization in the United States.
E. Scholars believe that greater access to political information may explain why young Americans are more liberal than their parents on many social issues.
Answer: E
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