In recent decades, electoral politics have witnessed the development of all of the following trends EXCEPT
a. a decline in candidates who became their party’s nominee by rising through the ranks.
b. a decline in partisan allegiance among candidates.
c. a decline in adherence to a party’s ideology among candidates.
d. a decline in voter interest in the character and beliefs of individual candidates.
e. a rise in candidate-centered campaigns, in which the candidates act as entrepreneurs, selling themselves to the public.
Answer: d. a decline in voter interest in the character and beliefs of individual candidates.
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a. federal, state b. state, federal c. state, local d. local, state e. federal, local