The Following Table Shows the Number of Individuals in a Sample

Multiple Choice

The following table shows the number of individuals in a sample of 300 who indicated they support the new tax proposal. $$\begin{array} { l l } \text { Political Party } & \text { Support } \\\text { Democrats } & 100 \\\text { Republicans } & 120 \\\text { Independents } & 80\end{array}$$ We are interested in determining whether or not the opinions of the individuals of the three groups are uniformly distributed.The number of degrees of freedom associated with this problem is

A) 2.
B) 3.
C) 300.
D) 299.