What is one way political parties shape public policy?
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a. getting party candidates elected to office
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b. working toward uniting the major parties
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c. appointing like-minded judges to the judicial branch
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d. restricting the use of political advertisements

a

Explanation:

The correct answer is A, getting party candidates elected to office.

Explanation:

Political parties in modern party systems serve as an organized group of people who share the same ideology, values or political positions, and compete in elections to get their candidates elected to government offices. These candidates, if elected, advance the interests or the agenda of their party, including shaping and defining public policy during their term of office.

while it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton.

explanation:

before eli whitney's invention of the cotton gin, picking and cleaning cotton was a slow, labor-intensive job. workers, usually slaves, had to pick the seeds from the cotton fibers by hand. this invention made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms and make money.