If a Candidate Is a Highly Visible Incumbent Seeking Reelection

question 69

Multiple Choice

If a candidate is a highly visible incumbent seeking reelection

• A) the strategy will be to get the incumbent's name before the voters as much as possible.
• B) a front porch campaign has been proven most effective.
• C) there may be little need for campaigning except to remind the voters of the officeholder's good deeds.
• D) the strategy will be to keep as low a profile as possible.
• E) the incumbent must devote almost every moment to campaigning to avoid seeming overly confident and arrogant.

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