选民们通常也相信直觉 — — 虽然直觉并不总正确 — — 即传统左翼党派往往会多征税多开支，而右翼党派则恰恰相反。
Voters also have a gut instinct – usually, though not always, correct – that parties of the traditional left will tax and spend more, and that those of the right will do the opposite.