Which of the following do political parties and the news media have in common? a. both try to inform, inspire, and activate the people with regard to public affairs. b. both play a major role in deciding the constitutionality of acts of congress. c. neither play a role in nominating candidates for public office. d. neither serve to foster democratic ideals.

your answer will be A

The Answer would be A for one specific reason, the other answers don't have what social media would have or what the parties would have that social media has.

the historians cited in the article all agree with one another about the cause of the civil war. despite coming from different backgrounds and cultures, the historians agree that slavery was the root cause of the civil war. the fact that all these historiansgenerally agree with one another makes their shared viewpoints more reliable and valid, especially because the historians have different backgrounds and all work for the well-respected institutions of howard university, clemson university, and the university of colorado.