Nigel Identifies Himself as a Strong Republican

question 50

Multiple Choice

Nigel identifies himself as a strong Republican.In 2008,he decided to vote for the Republican Party's nominee Senator John McCain,even though he had several important disagreements with him,and it is likely that he would have voted for any Republican nominee over Barack Obama.Nigel's behavior is most consistent with which model of voting?

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

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