With Retrospective Voting, Voters

question 148

Multiple Choice

With retrospective voting, voters

• A) tend to look back to how they voted for a candidate in the last election and vote the same way in the next election.
• B) listen to all of the candidates discuss the issues and then decide which one will do the best job in the future.
• C) tend to reward the incumbent party for what they see as good times and to punish it for what they see as bad times.
• D) tend to prefer independent candidates, since they usually do not have a "track record."
• E) tend to vote on party identification.

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Definitions:

Ordinary Simple Interest

Interest calculated on the principal amount of a loan or deposit, based solely on the principal, rate, and time.

360-Day Year

A method used in accounting and finance that assumes a year has 360 days to simplify interest calculations.

Ordinary Simple Interest Rate

The standard interest rate applied to a loan or investment, calculated on the principal amount without compounding over a specific period.

360-Day Year

A financial calculation assumption where the year is considered to have 360 days for simplifying interest calculations.