Question

Which sentence from the passage helps develop the implied main idea that presidential campaign advertisements will continue as long as there are elections?
A. “The candidates themselves often despair over the idea of being sold 'like breakfast cereal,' as presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson quipped after losing the 1956 election.”
B. “Still, it seems unlikely that anything is going to change.”
C. “In the early 1790s, each presidential campaign would even publish its own newspaper to get more information out to the public.”
D. “Different advertising techniques, such as slogans, played a significant role in early American presidential campaigns.”

Answer 1

The answer is D. This is because it mentions that in EARLY AMERICA they were already using presidential campaigns and it’s still happening today.

Answer 2

“Different advertising techniques, such as slogans, played a significant role in early American presidential campaigns.” 

First, I thought it was B. Then I realized that B does not imply anything since it says nothing (not even indirectly) of what it is referring to. Then, I thought it was C since it seems that the individual stating this was trying to infer that presidential campaigns are traditional and will continue as long as there are elections. However, I realized that the author was not trying to imply that, rather, his point was that campaigns went far and wide to be sold like breakfast cereal. Now because these two choices are eliminated, I am going to have to go with D. The author seems to imply that campaigning was a help to candidates historically and will continually play a part in future elections.