My answer is D: Elected officials will likely pay more attention to messages that come from a group of people.
My reasoning for this is that government officials usually pay attention to a group of like-minded people with the same opinions or etc. on a specific topic especially if the said group has interests in supporting them. It also the only option that makes the most sense, logically speaking.
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A and B because the quote explains that large groups of people got together to form associations so A and B both make sense for the question
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Utilization of natural resources mainly
