Question

You feel obligated to vote in the next election, especially because you are usually the first one to complain about the incumbent president. however, you have not had the time to research the positions taken by the candidates. social psychologists would confidently predict that you are likely to choose the candidate

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: whose name you have heard most often.

We would automatically perceive the people which name we heard most often are the most popular people compared to other candidates.
A lot of us would automatically attribute those popularity with positive things and increase our likelihood to choose them.