All of the following are characteristics of a dictatorship except: a. people who protest are often met with force b. the leader is not held accountable to anyone c. elections are usually rigged to ensure party victory d. citizens can replace the leader if he or she does not meet the citizens' needs

C. election are usually rigged to esure party victory 

All of the following are characteristics of a dictatorship except D. Citizens can replace the leader of he or she does not meet the citizens' needs.

1)the northern democrats and the #republicans partyexplanation: the northern democrats whose candidate was douglas were opposed to the spread of slavery and southern democrats had their own candidate: breckenridge from kentucky.the republicans also opposed the extension of slavery, many of them had been part of the free soil party, an anti-slavery northern party