Which Model of Voting Emphasizes Citizens' Judgments About the Past

question 34

Multiple Choice

Which model of voting emphasizes citizens' judgments about the past performance of officeholders in deciding whether to retain an individual or party in political office?

• A) directional model
• B) retrospective voting model
• C) perverse voting model
• D) partisan model
• E) spatial model

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