Study looks for reason, solutions for voters' short-term view of economic returns when casting their ballots

(Phys.org) —American voters are pointedly asked during every presidential campaign if they are better off today than four years ago. But a new study published in the latest edition of the American Journal of Political Science examines why voters actually consider how the economy has performed only in the last six months, even though they say they mean to look at the entire preceding four-year period.

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