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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.
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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."

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The Impact of Party Identification on Issue Attitudes

TL;DR: In this paper, a simple but theoretically appropriate model for the influence of party identification on issue attitudes is presented, where a person's issue positions are taken to be a function of perceptions about his or her party's stands on the same issues.
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Do I Think BLS Data are BS? The Consequences of Conspiracy Theories

TL;DR: This paper found that exposure to a conspiracy claim has a potent negative effect on trust in government services and institutions including those unconnected to the allegations, and that first asking whether people believe in the conspiracy mitigates the negative trust effects.
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Roots of the Radical Right: Nostalgic Deprivation in the United States and Britain:

TL;DR: Following trends in Europe over the past decade, support for the Radical Right has recently grown more significant in the United States and the United Kingdom as discussed by the authors, and support for right-wing extremists has been growing in both countries.
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The New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality

Justin Gest
TL;DR: The reasons for that apparent shift are not difficult to discern as discussed by the authors, from the 1960s onwards, and especially after Thatcherism came to power, the working class on which the Labour party had depended for most of its electoral support and towards which most of the policies were aimed was in decline, both absolutely and relatively.
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Inside the Black Box of Negative Campaign Effects: Three Reasons Why Negative Campaigns Mobilize

TL;DR: The authors explored three different explanations for why negative campaigns encourage rather than discourage voter turnout, including the stimulus of republican duty, anxiety toward the candidates, and perceptions of increased closeness of the race.