Candidates in a Two-Person Race Express Very Similar Positions a Few

question 78

Multiple Choice

Candidates in a two-person race express very similar positions a few weeks before the election.A voter complains that there is not much difference between the two candidates.What this voter misunderstands or ignores is that

• A) each candidate has an incentive to be like the other.
• B) each candidate has an incentive to be different from the other.
• C) each candidate has an incentive to be perceived as in the "middle of the road," and if both candidates correctly act on this incentive they will end up sounding alike.
• D) this simply happens sometimes.
• E) none of the above

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