The United States prevented an election in South Vietnam because:

A. A Communist would likely win.

B. Vietnam was not ready for democracy.

C. The Vietnamese people did not want elections.

D. Polling places were unsafe.

The correct answer is A) A Communist would likely win.

The United States prevented an election in South Vietnam because a Communist would likely win.

Let's have in mind the following. During that time of the Vietnam War, the Soviet Union tried to spread Communism in many places around the globe. That is why the United States tried to apply the foreign policy of containment to stop it. Those were the Cold War years in which the USSR and the US confronted many times in the arms race and the spread. containment of Communism. In the Vietnam War, the USSR supported the Viet Cong in North Vietnam, and the US supported South Vietnam

The United States prevented an election in South Vietnam because: A Communist would likely win.

Explanation:

The elections were being held to reunite the north and south Vietnam. The North was under the communist regime while the south was under the capitalist. USA feared that the Vietnamese would vote to unite under the communist leader of the North.