On the recordApril 29, 2023
This is never a referendum. Presidential elections, by the time they run around, is always, 'well, who do you like slightly better than the two you don't like?' So it is a binary choice.
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nbcnews.comThis is never a referendum. Presidential elections, by the time they run around, is always, 'well, who do you like slightly better than the two you don't like?' So it is a binary choice.
Claire McCaskill explains the nature of presidential elections as binary choices rather than referendums on individual candidates.
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