POLS 489 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Natural Disaster, Corporatism
29 Sep 2016
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The change in economy and the effect in the perception of candidates before or after elections. Voters make decisions on retro and proactive decisions. Strategic voting: no longer coordinates with the best ideological match but rather the candidate"s economic utility. Finding the candidate who is best for the individual person. Explanation of the whole or of the country, less importance of the individual and more on the nation. Discovering individuality and their vote and then combine those opinions to one viable understanding of politics and the economy. Voter will either reward or punish a candidate as the result of their current term: economy good = reward candidate. Thinking back to the past 3 or 4 years, to make decisions based on their performance. Perception of the candidate, or the ability to infer about the candidates success. Look at the economy of the past, but do not simply say that you will reward the candidate, you forecast for the future.
