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The American Voter, published in 1960, is a seminal study of voting behavior in the United States, authored by Angus Campbell, Philip Converse, Warren Miller, and Donald E. Stokes, colleagues at the University of Michigan.
Voting behavior refers to how people decide how to vote. [1] This decision is shaped by a complex interplay between an individual voter's attitudes as well as social factors. [ 1 ] Voter attitudes include characteristics such as ideological predisposition , party identity , degree of satisfaction with the existing government, public policy ...
The ballot order effect refers to the effect of voting behavior based on the placement of candidates’ names on an election ballot. Candidates who are listed first often receive a small but statistically significant increase in votes compared to those listed in lower positions.
For many years, voter turnout was reported as a percentage; the numerator being the total votes cast, or the votes cast for the highest office, and the denominator being the Voting Age Population (VAP), the Census Bureau's estimate of the number of persons 18 years old and older resident in the United States.
Theories of political behavior: The Call (organization), Polarization (politics) BrettLance11: Public opinion on gun control in the United States: Theories of political behavior, Public opinion of same-sex marriage in America: Kfill: Popular opinion in the United States on the invasion of Iraq
The Political Participation of Asian Americans: Voting Behavior in Southern California (Routledge, 2018) Lynch, Patrick. "U.S. Presidential Elections in the Nineteenth Century: Why Culture and the Economy Both Mattered." Polity (2002) 35#1 pp: 29–50. McCormick, Richard L. "Ethno-cultural interpretations of nineteenth-century American voting ...
The way forward should be clear for conservatives: Pass a CR that extends government funding through March, or at least early 2025, and attach the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE ...
The hypothesis was formulated during early research into voting behavior between the 1940s and the 1960s, and this period formed the initial "minimum effects" era in the United States. [1] The hypothesis seemed solid and was associated with the general assumption that voters had clear positions on issues and knew where candidates stood on these ...