Which of the following statements about congressional elections is most accurate?
a. Reelection only matters for members of the majority party.
b. Reelection matters very little since there is frequent turnover in Congress.
c. Winning reelection is essential to everything members want to achieve in office as is the party winning the majority.
d. Reelection matters in the House since its members are popularly elected, but does not matter much in the Senate because its members are appointed.
c. Winning reelection is essential to everything members want to achieve in office as is the party winning the majority.
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a. villages own the farmland but contract it out to individual families who operate it chiefly according to the profit motive. b. formerly collectively owned land has been transferred to private ownership. c. individual households are held responsible for a certain level of agricultural output. d. individual households and families are responsible for the provision of many social services previously guaranteed by the state. e. individual households are permitted to own, or invest in, rural enterprises that are, in turn, collectively managed by local authorities.
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