Question

What is one major role of political parties in U.S. politics?

A. Reducing the power of lobbyists and political action committees
B. Funding and organizing elections in place of the states
C. Discouraging voters from holding partisan viewpoints.
D. Presenting information to voters through the media

Answer 1

A. Reducing the power of lobbyists and political action committees

Step-by-step explanation:

A political party is an organized group of people who have the same ideology, or who otherwise have the same political positions, and who field candidates for elections, in an attempt to get them elected and thereby implement the party's agenda.

As the electorate expanded, the political parties evolved to mobilize the growing mass of voters as the means of political control. Political parties became institutionalized to accomplish this essential task. ... The number of independent or third-party members of Congress or of state legislatures is extremely