In democracies, such as the United States, local and national elections are held as often as every two years. An important implication of this is that ____.

A. solutions to complex problems are often rapidly implemented after elections
B. development of policies is left in the hands of experts
C. politicians spend much of their time on re-election and deal only with simple, isolated problems
D. program administrators often must operate without direction or oversight during and after elections
E. resolution of difficult, high-impact problems is the typical focus during and after elections


Answer: C

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