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The Unchanging American Voter
Author | : Eric R. A. N. Smith |
Publsiher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1989-10-04 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0520909755 |
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Have the American people grown more politically sophisticated in the past three decades, or do they remain relatively ignorant of the political world? Did a "great leap forward" take place during the 1960s in which our citizenry became involved and adept voters? In this important book, Eric Smith addresses these and other provocative questions that have long befuddled political scientists and policymakers. Much of the current wisdom about American voters derives from an argument advanced in a volume entitled The Changing American Voter, written by Nie, Verba, and Petrocik. In this work, the authors contend that the electorate made a "great leap forward" in political sophistication and ideological thinking between the 1960 and 1964 elections. They argue that people changed in response to a shifting environment, and that, in particular, the surge of protest and ideological rhetoric between 1960 and 1964 engendered a new political savvy and sophistication. In their view, people learned to understand politics better, to relate the issues to the candidates more accurately, and to cast more informed, intelligent votes. In The Unchanging American Voter, Smith takes issue with this portrait of an engaged American citizenry and replaces it with a quite different picture of the voters of this nation. He posits a more bleak political landscape in which the typical voter knows little about politics, is not interested in the political arena and consequently does not participate in it, and is even unable to organize his or her attitudes in a coherent manner. To support this view, Smith demonstrates how the indices by which Nie, Verba, and Petrocik measured levels of sophistication during the 1960s were methodologically flawed and how a closer examination of supposed changes reveals only superficial and unimportant shifts in the ways voters have approached the ballot box since the 1950s. The Unchanging American Voter is an intelligent and original work that provides a new perspective of the American citizenry. It is sure to engender discussion and debate about the dynamics of voting in postwar America.
The American Voter
Author | : Angus Campbell,University of Michigan. Survey Research Center |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 1980-09-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780226092546 |
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On voting behavior in the United States
The American Voter
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:841137613 |
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The American Voter
Author | : Angus Campbell,University of Michigan. Survey Research Center |
Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : UOM:39015009367825 |
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The Disappearing American Voter
Author | : Ruy A. Teixeira |
Publsiher | : Brookings Institution Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : UOM:39015028410580 |
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The right to vote is the cornerstone of democracy. To millions around the world who have fought for that right, it is considered a privilege. Yet the magnitude of nonvoting in America is staggering. More than 91 million Americans did not vote in 1988, putting voter turnout at barely half of the voting-age population.This situation has stirred much comment and debate across the political spectrum, raising several questions: Why is voter turnout generally so low? Why has it declined steadily over the past three decades? Does low and declining turnout significantly bias the nature of contemporary U.S. politics? And what, if anything, can be done to increase voter participation?In this book, Ruy Teixeira addresses each of these question in detail in an effort to provide policymakers and the general public with a clearer view of the problem and possible solutions. The author's interpretations and recommendations are both provocative and firmly based on currently available data.Teixeira includes an assessment of current registration reform legislation and shows why a combination of registration reform and political reform is necessary to fully reverse the nonvoting trend and move to substantially higher turnout levels. He points out that while it is unlikely U.S. voter turnout will ever approach levels in Sweden, Australia, and Belgium —which are about 90 percent —with a thorough reform program, levels of around 70 percent, such as those in Japan and Canada, may be attainable.
The Changing American Voter
Author | : Norman H. Nie,Sidney Verba,John R. Petrocik |
Publsiher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Elections |
ISBN | : IND:30000082428222 |
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The authors of this prizewinning and best selling book on electoral behavior have brought their study up-to-date with a trenchant analysis of the 1976 presidential election. Once more by carefully analyzing national voting patterns, they give substantive meaning to statistics and figures.
The American Voter
Author | : Angus Campbell,Michigan. Survey Research Center,Philip E. Converse,Warren E. Miller,Donald E. Stokes |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:18207079 |
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The New American Voter
Author | : Warren Edward Miller,J. Merrill Shanks |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 640 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0674608402 |
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In this definitive study, Warren E. Miller and J. Merrill Shanks present a comprehensive, authoritative analysis of American voting patterns from 1952 through the early 1990s, with special emphasis on the 1992 election, based on data collected by the National Election Studies. For example, Miller and Shanks reveal that: The loudly trumpeted "dealignment" of the 1970s and 1980s, along with the decline in voter turnout, was in fact an acute "nonalignment" and noninvolvement of new cohorts entering the electorate. The social correlates of the Republican/Democratic divisions on party identification among Southern voters have changed dramatically over a forty-year period. Enduring cultural and ideological predispositions play a major role in shaping voters' reactions to election campaigns and their choice for President. Personalities of presidential candidates and their positions on campaign issues tend to matter far less than is often claimed. Perot's appeal in 1992 can be attributed to the same factors that distinguished between supporters of Clinton and Bush. In an unprecedented analysis of individual elections and long-term trends, and of changes within regions, ethnic groups, and gender and age categories, The New American Voter presents a unique social and economic picture of partisanship and participation in the American electoral process. This work is likely to become an instant classic.