This is a tricky poll.....i decided to go with "other" so i thought i would let you know why.......
i wanted to choose all of the options!!
Party leader's personality
Political party's policies
Already formed political ideologies e.g. conservative beliefs
Other (let me know)
Personally, how a party leader portrays himself (hopefully herself one day)and his personality does infulence me. If he is arrogant and seems to be self-involved rather than 'listening to the people' i would vote against him.
Obviously, the policies is what (technically) voting should be all bout, and again, if i dont like the policies i will not vote for that party. I know a lot of people who think dear Mr Howard is a (u know what) but will vite for him because they like the policies.
Finally, at this stage, being brought up in the household that i have been, i have preformed ideas about what i want and what party will deliver that for me...so until something changes my mind...eg personality or policy changes, already formed political ideaologies will influence my vote a lot.
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I know it's like a multiple choice exam, eh? What will MOST affect your voting behaviour. It's like asking what answer is the MOST right!
I agree, there is a combination of factors that determine voting behaviour. My research shows that there are many psychological processes that are involved in voting behaviour. Some of which is voluntary such as what information we choose to regard and some involuntary processes such as the political ideologies that we are brought up with.
It's just up to us as voters to use systematic processing when evaluating candidates and to avoid heuristic short cuts based on others beliefs (that have not been evaluated by ourselves) or stereotypes. I think it's important to be aware of all of those three aspects of personality, policy and ideology to make a voting preference.
Thanks for voting and your feedback!
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