42. Based upon the passage, with which of the following statements would the author
most likely agree?
(A) Responsive pluralism is a proper framework for an analysis of political
representation in the United States
(B) Minority advancement in officeholding has been hampered by stratified
pluralism
(C) Political elites have always been willing to form a coalition with any group
possessive of votes
(D) Even if the democratic rights of citizenship were not formally recognized by
the polity, racial minorities were still able to compete as players in the
electoral arena.
(E) Ever since the democratic rights of citizenship were formally recognized by
the polity, there have been widespread and efficacious minority officeholding.