V. O. Key in Southern Politics concluded that bifactionalism in the Democratic Party left Texas with __________

a. a one-party system in which Democratic dominance continued through an informal agreement between liberal and conservative Democrats to alternate support for one another's candidates in gubernatorial elections
b. no-party politics in which the influence of pressure groups was high because the lines of power were blurred
c. a system of electoral politics in which independent and third-party candidates could regularly win several seats in the state legislature
d. a party system immediately dominated by the Republicans


Answer: b

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