Which statement is an accurate comparison of political parties and the mass media?

a) they both can act as government watchdogs.
b) neither has an impact on shaping public policy.
c) the mass media cannot influence public opinion while political parties can.
d) the primary purpose of political parties and the mass media is to

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the correct answer is: (1) affected by gerrymandering; (2) not affected by gerrymandering.

gerrymandering is known as a practice that intends to establish a some kind of political advantage for a particular party or group. to do this district boundaries are manipulated. the new resulting district is named a gerrymandering.

in other words, what gerrymandering does is to draw the boundaries of electoral districts trying to benefit the party who is doing it. sometimes, the party controlling the legislature will redraw it so they can maximize the number of districts they are likely to control.

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