A President's Legislative Success Is Relatively High in All of the Following

A president's legislative success is relatively high in all of the following situations EXCEPT

A) when Congress is in the hands of the president's own party.
B) in the president's period of highest public approval.
C) when it is the president's first term.
D) in times of national emergency when the president commands deference.
E) when Congress is in the hands of the opposition party.