Determine the optimal strategy for the situation by representing it as a game and finding the saddle point. State your final answer in the terms of the original question. A Republican and a Democratic candidate are running for office in a heavily Republican county. A recent newspaper poll comparing
Determine the optimal strategy for the situation by representing it as a game and finding the saddle point. State your final answer in the terms of the original question.
A Republican and a Democratic candidate are running for office in a heavily Republican county. A recent newspaper poll comparing their views on taxes and welfare reform showed that when compared on taxes or on welfare reform, the Republican leads by 20%. When comparing the Democrat on welfare reform to the Republican on taxes, the Republican leads by 35%. But when comparing the Democrat on taxes to the Republican on welfare reform, the Republican leads by only 15%. Use this information to decide what each candidate should discuss at their next debate. (Let T represent taxes and W represent welfare reform.)
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