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AP U.S. Government 3.5 Political Beliefs and Behaviors. Party-line voting is especially important for what?
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Thank you We sneak then here's your shmoop du jour
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brought to you by candidate appeal every politician's skin care
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regimen of choice They have a peel All right party
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line voting is especially important for whom and hear the
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potential answers All right these booms right here these five
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guys right there All right Well rain or shine sleet
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or polar vortex We can always count on party line
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voters who vote for anything there party supports tow line
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up and shake shake shake it for every candidate on
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their particular team Is party line voting especially important for
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be prospective issue voters Huh Well perspective issue voting means
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supporting a candidate based on what he or she promises
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to do like say passing a law eliminating the which
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would be really bad for shmoop so anyway those kind
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of empty or totally sincere promises though can be found
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on both sides of the aisle Could party line voting
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matter most to see retrospective issue voters Well imagine a
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world where politicians don't keep their word you know be
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tough right Well retrospective issue voting means rewarding or punishing
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a candidate for his or her past actions for example
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If a candidate promised to increase funding for public transit
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upgrade and didn't keep his or her word they face
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some tough questions from retrospective issue voters about how they
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got off track That lack of follow through follows around
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both political parties as well Would party line voting play
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a big role for de voters driven by candidate appeal
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Will voters who vote based on candidate appeal may give
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support based on a candidate's looks charms or gas intelligence
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even if they don't like his or her party Well
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how about the republicans We'll party line voting is important
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for people on both sides of the great divide so
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we can't really single out a particular group is being
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more down to party line vote which means party line
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voting is especially important for a low information voters Not
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everyone has the time or interest to track every race
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before election day So party line voting is a common
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strategy for low information voters since knowing the general party
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positions can give them a pretty good idea of which
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way to bend So the correct answer is option a
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no matter what we should always try to be as
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informed as possible when heading to the polls But if
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we find ourselves feeling a little low information ish we 00:02:21.523 --> [endTime] can always toe the party line
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