According to Studies on Voting Preferences and Message Effects, Primacy

question 263

Multiple Choice

According to studies on voting preferences and message effects, primacy effects seem to prevail when we ________ vote for one of the candidates.

• A) hear one candidate speak, wait a week, hear the other speak, wait a week, and then
• B) hear one candidate speak, hear part of the other candidate's speech, and then
• C) hear one candidate speak right after another and then wait a week before we
• D) hear one candidate speak, hear a heckler, hear the other candidate speak, and then

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