POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Political Action Committee
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Candidate appeal; image, values, experience (mainly superficial) The president and the vice president pairs: biden chosen for things such as his strong knowledge on foreign policy, presidents and vice presidents are chosen as pairs to complement each other/compensate for each others weaknesses. Issue specific voting (education, pro-life, jobs, economy, gay rights, immigration, women"s rights, etc. ) Vote solely based on candidate"s position on their most prominent issue if they"re pro-life, they vote for whichever candidate is pro-life, without looking at the candidate"s views on other things. How folks vote/where they"re going to be voting. The stronger party id you have, the easier it is for the politicians to predict how you will vote (people with the strongest party id, sometimes change their views as needed to reflect their party"s candidate"s platforms/views) S. e. s socio-economic status (people are more likely to vote if they have more money, education, etc. (more s. e. s)
