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voter self-interest  

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  • SELF-INTEREST FOR A voter comes in two types, short-term based on what the voter needs or is experiencing right then, and longer-term self-interest that might be called an ideology. A person's self-interest should be able to be used to determine whether he or she will support a given idea or not. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Voter Self-interest]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JTFSRFS8-V

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