An Individual's Party Identification May Be Understood as __________Or as ___

An individual's party identification may be understood as __________or as ___ .

A) a "running tally" of positive and negative evaluations of party candidates and policies
B) the transitory and loosely held effect of a party's impact strictly on economic well-being from election to election
C) a deep-seated psychological commitment, established early and remaining quite stable over time
D) national security concerns identified as a form of ideological permanence regardless of partisan invocations of necessity