The difficulty voters face in evaluating whether candidates for office share their values and preferences,and whether candidates are corrupt,creates a/an ____________________.

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The difficulty in evaluating whether candidates share the values and preferences of voters and whether they are corrupt reflects the principal-agent problem, which arises when one party (the principal) hires another party (the agent) to act on its behalf, but there is a potential conflict of interest between the two parties. In this case, voters are the principal and candidates are the agents, and voters face difficulty in determining whether candidates will truly represent their interests and act with the utmost integrity.

The Difficulty Voters Face in Evaluating Whether Candidates for Office