Controversies in Voting Behavior

by Niemi, Richard G.; Weisberg, Herbert F.

• ISBN13: 9780871877062
• ISBN10: 0871877066
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-01-01
• Publisher: Cq Pr

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction
The Study of Voting and Elections	p. 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 America	p. 38
Solving the Puzzle of Participation in Electoral Politics	p. 69
Electoral Participation	p. 83
Political Information
Does Lack of Political Information Matter?	p. 100
Information Effects in Collective Preferences	p. 114
Voting Correctly	p. 139
Rational Public Opinion	p. 164
Vote Determinants
What Determines the Vote?	p. 180
National Economic Voting in U.S. Presidential Elections	p. 200
Multiple-Stage Explanation of Political Preferences	p. 221
The Responsive Voter: Campaign Information and the Dynamics of Candidate Evaluation	p. 240
Divided Government
Do Voters Prefer Divided Government?	p. 271
Balancing Explanations of Divided Government	p. 291
A New Approach to the Study of Ticket Splitting	p. 301
Party Identification
How Much Does Politics Affect Party Identification?	p. 322
Generational Changes and Party Identification	p. 338
Partisan Stability: Evidence from Aggregate Data	p. 356
Macropartisanship: The Permanent Memory of Partisan Evaluation	p. 364
Party System Change
Is the Party System Changing?	p. 371
Party Coalitions in Transition: Partisanship and Group Support, 1952-1996	p. 387
The Sixth American Party System: Electoral Change, 1952-1992	p. 405
References	p. 427
Name Index	p. 477
Subject Index	p. 487
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