Controversies in Voting Behavior

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Pub. Date: 1993-01-01
Publisher(s): Cq Pr
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Table of Contents

Prefacep. vii
Introduction
The Study of Voting and Electionsp. 1
Political Participation
Why Is Voter Turnout Low (And Why Is It Declining)?p. 22
Tuning in, Tuning out: The Strange Disappearance of Social Capital in Americap. 38
Solving the Puzzle of Participation in Electoral Politicsp. 69
Electoral Participationp. 83
Political Information
Does Lack of Political Information Matter?p. 100
Information Effects in Collective Preferencesp. 114
Voting Correctlyp. 139
Rational Public Opinionp. 164
Vote Determinants
What Determines the Vote?p. 180
National Economic Voting in U.S. Presidential Electionsp. 200
Multiple-Stage Explanation of Political Preferencesp. 221
The Responsive Voter: Campaign Information and the Dynamics of Candidate Evaluationp. 240
Divided Government
Do Voters Prefer Divided Government?p. 271
Balancing Explanations of Divided Governmentp. 291
A New Approach to the Study of Ticket Splittingp. 301
Party Identification
How Much Does Politics Affect Party Identification?p. 322
Generational Changes and Party Identificationp. 338
Partisan Stability: Evidence from Aggregate Datap. 356
Macropartisanship: The Permanent Memory of Partisan Evaluationp. 364
Party System Change
Is the Party System Changing?p. 371
Party Coalitions in Transition: Partisanship and Group Support, 1952-1996p. 387
The Sixth American Party System: Electoral Change, 1952-1992p. 405
Referencesp. 427
Name Indexp. 477
Subject Indexp. 487
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