This activity is to help you identify ways in which people get their information on candidates and decide how useful these sources are.

There are two types of voting. Which kind do you think most elections are decided by?

Prospective Voting means "forward-looking." This is when voters look carefully at the candidates and think about how their future will be if they vote for each person. This type of voting requires looking closely at the ISSUES.

Retrospective Voting means "backward-looking." How have things been in recent years? If the answer is good, then the voter is likely to re-elect the incumbents. If the answer is not so good, then the voter is likely to vote for the challengers.

Brainstorm a list of reasons a voter might vote for the incumbent or the challenger?