How do minor parties facilitate democracy in the United States?

A. by bringing more citizens into the political process with issue awareness
B. by challenging the constitutional supports for the two-party system
C. by sending important delegates to the major parties' national conventions
D. by thwarting the major party that is most ideologically distant


Answer: A

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