The Table Below Shows the Payoffs to the Running of Negative

The table below shows the payoffs to the running of negative and positive political ads by two candidates.The payoffs are the percentage increase or decrease in the number of voters willing to vote for the candidate as a result of the campaign styles. $\begin{array}{c}\quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad \quad \text { Republican Candidate } \\\text {Democratic Candidate } \begin{array}{|l|l|l|}\hline & \text { Positive Campaign } & \text { Negative Campaign } \\\hline \text { Positive Campaign } & \begin{array}{l}\text { Democrat } 0 \% \\\text { Republican } 0 \%\end{array} & \begin{array}{l}\text { Democrat }-3 \% \\\text { Republican: }+3 \%\end{array} \\\hline {\text { Negative Campaign }} & \begin{array}{l}\text { Democrat }+5 \% \\\text { Republican: }-5 \%\end{array} & \begin{array}{l}\text { Democrat }-2 \% \\\text { Republican: }-2 \%\end{array} \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$
Refer to the figure above.Given the payoff matrix,running a negative campaign is __________ for __________.

A) a dominated strategy;the Democratic candidate
B) a dominated strategy;the Republican candidate
C) a dominant strategy;the Democratic candidate
D) neither a dominant nor dominated strategy;the Republican candidate