Front-Loading Affects the Selection of a Nominee by ______

Front-loading affects the selection of a nominee by ______.

A) making success in earlier primaries all the more important in gaining and keeping momentum
B) hurting incumbent presidents who cannot contest their party's primaries as easily as challengers
C) making the performance of candidates at conventions all the more important
D) making money less important in early contests as long as the candidate gets in front of other borrowers for the later primaries
E) making the selection of senators as party nominees much more likely than the selection of governors