without our two great political parties cutting across economic and geogaphic interests, democracy as we know it could never have been made to function. "the author of this statement probably meant to suggest that
a) an important feature of the us political system is the broadly based appeal of the two political parties
b) each polotical party appeals toa different social class
c) only a two party system can function in a democrazy
d) political parties in the united states tend to represent sectional interest
e) there is no significant difference between the democratic and republican parties
i really think that the answer is d
You need to reevaluate the meaning of this: "cutting across economic and geogaphic interests" -- please reconsider.
so the answer could be b right
the answers is b proffesor
The answer is not b and not c. It seems to me that you're just guessing -- or you don't understand the meaning of "cutting across economic and geogaphic interests"
The answer is a. "Cutting across economic and geographic interests", means that both parties have support in all regions of the country and among all classes of people. By constantly adjusting their policies to try to appeal to a majority of voters, they have managed to survive over 150 years while no third party has managed to elect a president, or win a significant number of seats in congress. This does not happen in most parliamentary democracies that often have to be governed by coalitions of parties from different areas and interests.
The government of Canada has been split regionally and by language for over a century. The western provinces have seldom participated in the governing coalition.