Voting Behavior

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Unit 5: Political Participation of AP Government

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Rational Choice Voting

  • “Voting for myself”

  • Voting for benefit of an individual’s needs

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Party-line Voting

  • “Voting for my party”

  • Voting based on party identification (ex: Republican or Democrats)

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Retrospective Voting

  • “Voting for the country’s CONTINUING success”

  • Voting because a candidate did well in the past term

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Prospective Voting

  • “Voting for the country’s FUTURE success”

  • Voting because a candidate will be good in the future

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Incumbent

  • Candidate who was elected in the past, and is running again for office