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What Distinguishes a Sociotropic Voter from a Pocketbook Voter

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What distinguishes a sociotropic voter from a pocketbook voter?


A) Sociotropic voters believe in supporting challengers who emphasize the importance of cultural issues in American politics, while pocketbook voters hold incumbents accountable for how the economy has changed as a whole.
B) Sociotropic voters pay attention to how economic changes have affected their immediate individual economic standing, while pocketbook voters are concerned with how a changing economy affects them in the long term.
C) Sociotropic voters focus on the incumbent's response to pressing social issues in American politics, while pocketbook voters are concerned with the overall state of the economy.
D) Sociotropic voters are concerned with how the economy as a whole has changed during an incumbent's terms, while pocketbook voters are concerned only with how the changing economy has affected them personally.

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