In the early 1990s,a team of researchers surveyed a representative sample of more than 15,000 American adults.They asked the respondents if they voted in the 1988 Presidential campaign,how many contacts they had with public officials,how many hours they worked in the election campaign,and how many dollars that they contributed to the campaign.The researchers concluded that:

A) the pluralist theory is correct
B) people with higher incomes are more politically active; this calls pluralism into question
C) people from the middle class were more active than the rich or the poor
D) no clear pattern emerged from the data
E) the poor were more likely to vote than the middle class

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Nicardo Wright · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  The researchers found that people with higher incomes were more politically active, which challenges the idea that political power is distributed equally among all groups (plurality theory). This suggests that wealthier individuals may have more influence in the political system.

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