POL 51 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Walter Mondale
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Recall: in the 2000 election, gore (d) received 48. 4% of the popular vote, and. Gore received 50. 3% of the two-party vote, bush received 49. 7% In 1984, walter mondale (d) received 40. 6% of the vote and ronald reagan (r) received 58. 8% of the vote. Mondale received 40. 8% of the two-party vote and reagan received 59. 2% In 2000, the incumbent party received 50. 3% of the two-party vote. In 1984, the incumbent received 59. 2% of the two-party vote. Better economic performance increases the incumbent party"s vote. People vote on the basis of issues they care about think the president and his/her party exert influence over. Voters care about economic performance because their wellbeing is influenced by it. Voters believe the president influences economic performance through policy. Therefore, economic performance will be a cause of the incumbent party"s vote. Relative ideological extremism is a cause of the incumbent party"s vote.
