Factors Affecting Voting Behaviour Flashcards
Diane Black
Representor for Nashville (songwriting)
In Brady amendments, made it that copyright songs were a capital asset and have a lower tax rate
Eric Cantor
Lost in Virginia 2014
Shocking as he was a leader in HR and opponent was a Tea Party member
Seen as not conservative enough and not vocal enough against Obama and not listening to his constituency
Ted Cruz
2021, Texas had a bad winter storm that caused a blackout
People didn’t like it as he left for holiday in Mexico so he got lot of bad press
Still won the election
Party Representation
Join party by picking which aligns to their political beliefs and elected based on them
Increase of party line voting and partisan politics = more imp of party as a factor
Dem and Rep don’t have one ideology as there are diff factions to them
3rd Party Representation
3th parties have a lack of representation
- Only 2 independents and both vote for Dem
- No in 119th House | 2 in Senate
