The growth of independent voters since the 1960s has had what result on political parties?

A) Political parties have not changed because of the growth of moderates.

B) Political parties have used interest groups to persuade moderate voters to their policy positions.

C) Political parties have allowed primary voters to shape the structure and functions of the party through primary elections.

D) Political parties do not worry about the growth of moderate voters as evidence of the extreme polarization in our society today.

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Hodges

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18 March, 23:26

The growth of independent voters since the 1960s has had what result on political parties?

A) Political parties have not changed because of the growth of moderates.

B) Political parties have used interest groups to persuade moderate voters to their policy positions.

C) Political parties have allowed primary voters to shape the structure and functions of the party through primary elections.

D) Political parties do not worry about the growth of moderate voters as evidence of the extreme polarization in our society today.

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Alexander Boyer · Answer 1

The result of the growth of independent voters since 1960s is:

D) Political parties do not worry about the growth of moderate voters as evidence of the extreme polarization in our society today.

Explanation:

There has been a recent surge in favoritism in party politics with increasing number of voters being polarized and voting for the party that has the public perception of representing what they believe in and not looking at the specific policies of the politicians who are running in that particular period.

So there is a surge of people who do not vote moderate and the political parties understand that the moderates do not count for enough vote share and most of them end up taking one side or the other any way.