CLEP US Government

Category - Parties

It could be argued that political parties in the US behave as if they were coalitions of:
  1. Disgruntled politicians
  2. Bureaucratic organizations
  3. Interest groups
  4. Ideologies
  5. Regime changes
Explanation
Answer: C - Since there are only two major political parties in the US, various interest groups find themselves forming uneasy alliances in political parties. The political parties, then, must work to keep all of the interest groups happy, which can be tricky if groups within the coalition have competing interests. For example, two interests in the Democratic Party whose interests often conflict are labor unions and environmentalists.
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