What is policy voting? Would the quality of U.S. democracy be improved if voters focused more on policy positions and less on candidate characteristics when deciding how to vote? Provide a justification for your argument
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1,Define policy voting as a process citizens sometimes use to decide which candidate to support by comparing the candidates' positions with their own positions. The candidate who is closer wins the voter's support.
2, Evaluate whether U.S. democracy would be improved if voters relied more on policy positions and less on candidate characteristics. Students who believe that voters should make policy-based assessments may argue that policies are more substantive and should be at the heart of electoral decisionmaking. Others may argue that candidate characteristics are reasonable predictors of how a president will operate once in office. For example, a candidate's integrity may indicate whether the president will act in the best interests of the public at large or will act to benefit special interests, party interests, or the president's self-interest.
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What will be an ideal response?