Which of the following statements is correct?
A) The United States has a two-party system at the state and local levels, but it has been moving in the direction of a one-party system at the national level.
B) In most presidential elections in the last half century, there has been a spread of at least 20 percentage points between the winning and losing candidates.
C) Competition on the national level between the two dominant parties had been remarkably close since the end of the Civil War.
D) Although Democrats and Republicans have controlled the presidency and Congress since 1860, minor and third parties have polled a significant percentage of popular votes in nearly one-fourth of the elections.
E) The United States has a two-party system at the state and local levels, but it has been moving in the direction of a multi-party system at the national level.
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