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The American voter
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The "The American Voter" as mentioned in this paper is the unabridged version of the classic theoretical study of voting behavior, originally published in 1960, and is a standard reference in the field of electoral research, presenting formulations of the theoretical issues that have been the focus of scholarly publication.Abstract:
Here is the unabridged version of the classic theoretical study of voting behavior, originally published in 1960. It is a standard reference in the field of electoral research, presenting formulations of the theoretical issues that have been the focus of scholarly publication. No single study matches the study of "The American Voter."read more
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Casework, Issue Positions, and Voting in Congressional Elections: A District Analysis
George Serra,David Moon +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used data gathered in a particular congressional district (both data on actual member-constituent contacts and survey data) to discern more explicitly whether ombudsman service and relative issue proximity to the incumbent affects constituent vote choice.
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Values and Political Predispositions in the Age of Polarization: Examining the Relationship between Partisanship and Ideology in the United States, 1988–2012
TL;DR: The authors hypothesizes that egalitarianism and moral traditionalism moderate the relationship between ideology and partisanship in that the latter relationship will have increased over time only among individuals who maintain conservative value orientations.
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An integrative model of ambivalence
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Reevaluating the sociotropic economic voting hypothesis
Thomas G. Hansford,Brad T. Gomez +1 more
TL;DR: This article used an instrumental variables approach to assess the effect of sociotropic evaluations on the decision to vote for the incumbent president or his party's candidate in eight recent U.S. presidential elections.
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Intention to vote, reported vote and validated vote 1
Christopher H. Achen,André Blais +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focused on the best American data for comparing the three measures of individual turnout, i.e., intention to vote, reported vote and validated vote, and examined whether the three dependent variables have the same relation to the customary explanatory variables.