Cross-pressured economic voting in America: The 1984 election
| Autor: | Thom Yantek, J. David Gopoian |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
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genetic structures
Sociology and Political Science Presidential system Point (typography) Presidential election business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Public relations Economic situation Work (electrical) Perception Political economy National election Political science Voting business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Political Behavior. 10:37-51 |
| ISSN: | 1573-6687 0190-9320 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf00989379 |
| Popis: | Prior work on U.S. presidential elections has concluded consistently that voter evaluations of national economic conditions have had a greater impact on electoral outcomes than have perceptions of personal economic situations. Utilizing data from the 1984 National Election Study, we find confirmatory evidence for such a pattern. A more disaggreated examination of voters and their economic perceptions for that year, however, reveals some important refinements of earlier findings. Specifically, there is a sizable minority for whom personal economic conditions appear to matter more. Further, the role of noneconomic issue voting in distinguishing economic groups, a topic which has been largely ignored up to this point, is found to be quite pronounced — overriding, in several instances, the influence even of partisan and economic predispositions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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