44. In paragraph 5, what can be inferred from the author’s description of voter turnout at theend of the nineteenth century?
(A)Voter turnout was higher in the Northeast than in the South.
(B) Voter turnout increased the rate of inflation in the United States.
(C) Voter turnout would have been higher if people had not been paid to vote.
(D)Voter turnout in New York has not changed dramatically in the past 100 years.