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Question:
they hate politics
Answer:
The answer clause is correct.
Explanation:
There is nothing missing here -- the pronoun "they" tells you who hates politics, and the predicate "hate politics" tells you what they do. Since there is a subject and a predicate, the passage is a clause.
 
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