High-tech politics refers to:

a. a politics in which the behavior of citizens and policymakers is shaped by technology.

b. a futuristic society in which politics is controlled by computers, freeing people for more honorable pursuits.

c. a proposal for direct democracy through the use of telephone voting.

d. the use of cable television to broadcast the workings of the government.

A

Explanation:

In the mid-1980s, political campaigns had grown huge. To be more efficient in budgeting at first. Another way of seeing political campaigning had emerged too. The high tech politics referred primarily then, to the policy made by politicians studying voters' behavior. Initially, to gain effectiveness as any business.

In social media times, this new way of doing politics has also gone big. There was a change in peoples' habits. Now congressmen do live streams, and their voters demand them simultaneously.

So, it's A.