The enthusiasm gap refers to the difference in levels of enthusiasm between those who stand to gain benefits from a particular policy and those who bear the costs. This concept highlights how varying degrees of interest and motivation can impact political engagement and policy outcomes.

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The Enthusiasm Gap

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The enthusiasm gap

A) declined in the 1980s.
B) depicts the different levels of enthusiasm between public and private sector unions.
C) depicts the different levels of enthusiasm between those who gain the benefits and those who pay the costs of a policy.
D) depicts the different levels of enthusiasm between interest groups and political parties.
E) depicts the different levels of enthusiasm between identify groups and ideological groups.

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