The Proportion of Americans Identifying Themselves as Democrats ____________________

The proportion of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats ____________________.

A) has been consistently higher than the proportion identifying themselves as Republicans since reliable data were first collected in the 1950s
B) has been consistently higher than the proportion identifying themselves as Republicans since the Watergate scandal involving President Nixon in 1974
C) has been consistently higher than the proportion identifying themselves as Republicans since the failed effort to remove President Clinton from office in 1999
D) has been consistently lower than the proportion identifying themselves as Republicans since reliable data were first collected in the 1950s
E) has been consistently lower than the proportion identifying themselves as Republicans since the "stagflation" that occurred during the Carter Administration