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retrospective voting definitions
# Definition Sets
1voting for a candidate because you like his or her past actions in office11 sets
2voting based on the past performance of a candidate6 sets
3a form of election in which voters look back at the performance of a party in power and cast ballots on the basis of how well it did in office5 sets
4a theory of voting in which voters essentially ask this simple question: "what have you done for me lately?"5 sets
5voting for a candidate because you like his or her past actions in office.4 sets
6voting that takes into consideration such things as the performance of the political party, the officeholder, and/or the administration.3 sets
7voting on basis of past performance of incumbent administration2 sets
8voting on the basis of how things have gone in the recent past and, if the voter approves of the current administration's performance, voting for the party in the white house or voting against that party if the voter disapproves.2 sets
9voting based on the past performance of a candidate.2 sets
10a theory of voting in which voters essentially ask this simple question "what have you done for me lately?"2 sets
11looking at how things have gone in the recent past and vote for the party that controls the white house if we like it and against the party if we don't. elections are decided this way!1 set
12voting for the candidate in office because one dislikes how things have gone in the recent past.1 set
13voting for or against the candidate or party in office because one likes or dislikes how things have gone in the past.1 set
14voting on the basis of candidate or party record in office.1 set
15voting for or against incumbents on the basis of their past perfomance1 set
16a theory of voting in which voters essential ask "what have you done for me lately?"1 set
17voting on basis of past policies rather than guessing at results of future policies1 set
18concept that voters choose candidates based on their perception of an incumbent candidate's past performance in office or the performance of the incumbent party1 set
19a theory of voting in which voters essentially ask the simple question, "what have you done for me lately?"1 set
20the concept that voters choose candidates based on their perception of an incumbent candidate's past performance in office or the performance of the incumbent party1 set
21evaluations of performance of candidate or candidate's party. look at past.1 set
22voting for a candidate because you like his or her past action in office1 set
23theory of voting in which voters essentially ask "what have you done for me lately?"1 set
24vote basis on asking what the candidate can or has done for you.1 set
25a theory of voting where voters ask the simple question of, "what have you done for me lately?"1 set
26a theory of voting in which voters essentially as this simple question: "what have you done for me lately?"1 set
27the concept that voters choose candidates based on the past perception of an incumbent candidate1 set
28voting on the basis of how things have gone in the recent past and, if the voter approves of the current administration's performance1 set
29voting for or against a candidate because one likes or dislikes how things have gone in the recent past1 set
30voting for a candidate b/c you like his or her past actions in office1 set
31voting on the basis of the candidates or party's record in office1 set
32voting on the basis of past policies rather than guessing at the results of future policies1 set
33voting for or against a candidate or party in office because one likes or dislikes how things have gone in the past1 set
34voting for or against the candidate or party in office because one likes or dislikes how things have gone in the recent past.1 set
35a theory of voting in which voters essentially ask this simple question: what have you done for me lately?1 set
36a theory that many people don't follow issues in an election, they instead ask if things are good or bad, and vote for incumbent if good and new guy if bad1 set
37-1 set
38evaluating the past performance of an incumbent to make a judgment about the future - whether the incumbent should be retained or replaced.1 set
39a theory of voting inwhich voters essentially ask the question, "what have you done for me lately?"1 set
40a theory of voting in which voters essentially ask this simple question: "what have you done for me lately?'1 set