The principal goal of political parties is therefore, lies at the core of a political party’s functions.

a.
winning elections; contesting elections

b.
recruiting qualified candidates; paying high salaries to their candidates

c.
promoting their agenda; media advertising

d.
promoting their political ideology; media advertising

e.
none of these choices apply

Answer:

The principle goal of political parties is winning elections. Therefore, contesting election lies at the core of political parties’ functions

A.  winning elections; contesting elections

Explanation:

The main objectives that political parties have is winning the election and everything they do such as the goals of development they portray in front of the people is to win their vote, project their political ideologies in front of the people in order to influence their point of view.

In order to win the election, the political party must need to participate in the elections. This makes the people start to think that a particular political party has the same objective as they have. This makes them convinced to start voting them and ultimately political parties get what they wanted, they win election.