Question

how was the performance of the last government

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

I think he was good enough.

Answer 2

Answer:

Evaluations of Government Performance

Rather than choosing among candidates on the basis of specific issues of public policy, voters may rely more on general evaluations of the performance of government. A presidential election is, at least in part, a referendum on the performance of the incumbent administration. This referendum aspect surely is present when the incumbent president is running for reelection, but it is also present even when he is not.

Retrospective evaluations of government performance are an important determinant of voting behavior, and this effect should be distinguished from the influence of policy issues (Fiorina 1981, 3-16; Miller and Shanks 1996; 370-388). Policy issues involve differences over what the government should do; they are prospective in nature. Performance evaluations involve differences over how