Mitt Romney's gonna lower their taxes, so they're gonna vote for them, and to be clear, it's not that everyone'sīehavior falls clearly into one of these categories. Well, we have one choice left here, and that is indeed rational choice. Him," what would that be? Pause the video again. So if someone were to say, "I think Mitt Romney will lower my taxes "so I'm going to vote for That will be really good for this country? So that is prospective voting, and then one more example. Will Bush do for the country in the near future, ideas Thinking prospectively, thinking about, well, what What type of voting behavior is that? Well, here, the voter's Really good for this country so I'm going to vote for him." Pause this video. Now what about this statement? "Bush has ideas that will be They're just talking about his party and that being the motivationįor voting for him. What Obama's gonna do in the future or what he'sĭone in the recent past. Obama being good for them, in particular. Is clearly motivated by their party line. What type of voting behavior is that? Well, here, the individual Now what about this statement? "I'm a lifelong Democrat Clinton seems to haveīeen doing a good job, where the economy'sīeen growing under him, so he has my vote. This motivation for voting? Well, here, the person, the voter, is talking about theĮconomy in the recent past. So here, it says, "The economy has been growing "under Clinton so he has my vote." So pause this video, and how would you classify That you might hear from folks when they thinkĪbout who they are voting for. Out of the way, let's look at some statements Gonna do a better job, so I'm gonna vote for her. You're looking prospectivelyĪnd thinking about, hey, candidate A I think is The country as a whole, but you're looking forward. Prospective voting, and here, you might lookĪt one candidate and say, "Look, I think that they willīe better for the country "over the next four years." You're not even necessarily thinking about your own personal benefit. Of retrospective voting, and this is looking into theįuture, prospective voting. We will introduce in this video is the opposite Term was pretty good with them, "so I'm gonna vote for them again." Now, the last classification You're looking in retrospect, and this will often beįor incumbents, and say, "Hey, look, yeah, the last Things have been improving under their watch. Retrospective, and this is the idea that, hey, I'm just gonna vote for someone if it seems like they'veīeen doing a good job, or if it seems like Now, another classification that you will hear talkedĪbout is retrospective voting. Them because of that," that would be your rationalĬhoice, your model, what's driving your voting behaviors, what's gonna benefit me. Is going to do better for me "on the corporate tax rate, "and I'm gonna vote for "If my corporate tax rate were to go down, "then I would be able to haveĪ more thriving business, "and I think one candidate Said, "Hey, you know what? "I really care about To benefit them the most, which one would it be rationalįor their own wellbeing. Someone would choose to vote for one candidate or anotherīased on a perception of which candidate is going Rational choice, and this is the idea that Often talk about is the idea of rational choice. Now, another behavior that political scientists will The Republican candidate, that would be party-line voting. So if your family hasĪlways been a Republican, and you're a Republican, and you just always support Why someone might vote for one candidate or another is because of their political party, and so this would be referred Political science friends, but you'll see that they map two things that we see every day orĮven behaviors that we see in ourselves in a pretty intuitive way. Think about voting behavior, and in particular, we're going to startĬlassifying motivations for why someone votes forĪ particular candidate, and I'm going to introduce some terms that will impress your What we're going to do in this video is start to
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