Political Behavior Of The American Electorate

Author : Elizabeth A. Theiss-Morse,Michael W. Wagner,William H. Flanigan,Nancy H. Zingale
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781506367743

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Political Behavior of the American Electorate by Elizabeth A. Theiss-Morse,Michael W. Wagner,William H. Flanigan,Nancy H. Zingale Pdf

The 2016 elections took place under intense political polarization and uncertain economic conditions, to widely unexpected results. How did Trump pull off his victory? Political Behavior of the American Electorate, Fourteenth Edition, attempts to answer this question by interpreting data from the most recent American National Election Study to provide a thorough analysis of the 2016 elections and the current American political behavior. Authors Elizabeth Theiss-Morse and Michael Wagner continue the tradition of Flanigan and Zingale to illustrate and document trends in American political behavior with the best longitudinal data available. The authors also put these trends in context by focusing on the major concepts and characteristics that shape Americans’ responses to politics. In the completely revised Fourteenth Edition, readers will explore get-out-the-vote efforts and the reasons people voted the way they did, as well as the nature and impact of partisanship, news media coverage, and other issues in 2016—all with an eye toward understanding the trends that led up to the historic decision.

Author : Elizabeth A. Theiss-Morse,Michael W. Wagner
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781071822197

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Political Behavior of the American Electorate by Elizabeth A. Theiss-Morse,Michael W. Wagner Pdf

The 2020 elections took place under intense political polarization, uncertain economic conditions, a global pandemic, and social unrest. Political Behavior of the American Electorate, Fifteenth Edition, attempts to answer your questions around the above topics by interpreting data from the most recent American National Election Study to provide a thorough analysis of the 2020 elections and the current American political behavior. Authors Elizabeth Theiss-Morse and Michael Wagner continue the tradition of Flanigan and Zingale to illustrate and document trends in American political behavior with the best longitudinal data available. The authors also put these trends in context by focusing on the major concepts and characteristics that shape Americans’ responses to politics. In the completely revised Fifteenth Edition, readers will explore support and opposition to the Black Lives Matter movement, discuss post-election attitudes about the January 6th attempted coup, examine misinformation and the beliefs in QAnon, and dissect reports on public assessments of President Trump′s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Author : William H. Flanigan,Nancy H. Zingale
Publisher : CQ-Roll Call Group Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015040335187

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Political Behavior of the American Electorate by William H. Flanigan,Nancy H. Zingale Pdf

Political Behavior in the American Electorate is the best introduction to the understanding of political attitudes and behavior in our country today. Are Americans committed to upholding basic democratic values? Who votes and why? What impact do economic and social characteristics have on an individual's politics? How much influence do the mass media have on our attitudes and political choices?

Author : Angus Campbell,University of Michigan. Survey Research Center
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1980-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226092546

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The American Voter by Angus Campbell,University of Michigan. Survey Research Center Pdf

On voting behavior in the United States

Author : David B. Hill,Norman R. Luttbeg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Elections
ISBN : IND:39000004133729

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Trends in American Electoral Behavior by David B. Hill,Norman R. Luttbeg Pdf

Author : Sheldon Kamieniecki
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1985-06-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037828550

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Party Identification, Political Behavior, and the American Electorate by Sheldon Kamieniecki Pdf

Author : Matthew L. Bergbower
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317353232

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A Profile of the American Electorate by Matthew L. Bergbower Pdf

A Profile of the American Electorate takes an extensive look at the political foundations and behaviors of citizens, yesterday and today. Presenting decades of data on voter choice, voter turnout, and public opinion in a way that is clear and accessible for students of political science, the book uniquely emphasizes the importance of voting, socialization, and reform measures to enhance good citizenship. It explores how Americans become conservative or liberal, why some vote and others stay home, their knowledge of politics, how polarized the public has become, and the complex motivations behind their vote choices.

Author : Elizabeth A. Theiss-Morse,Michael W. Wagner,William H. Flanigan,Nancy H. Zingale
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781506305417

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Political Behavior in Midterm Elections by Elizabeth A. Theiss-Morse,Michael W. Wagner,William H. Flanigan,Nancy H. Zingale Pdf

"What do the 2014 midterm elections mean?" Political Behavior in Midterm Elections: 2015 Edition, the essential supplement to Political Behavior of the American Electorate, provides the answers. Authors Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, Michael W. Wagner, William H. Flanigan, and Nancy H. Zingale draw on the most recent National Election Study surveys to offer a close analysis of the key issues and races, including: the outcome of the battle for control of the Senate, including races in Iowa, Colorado, Kansas, and Alaska; the role of independents in elections, particularly in this era of partisan polarization; the influence of record campaign spending on election outcomes; and whether supporting President Obama’s major programs helped or hurt members of Congress. The perfect update to the classic text, Political Behavior of the American Electorate, by Flanigan, Zingale, Theiss-Morse, and Wagner, the 2015 edition of Political Behavior in Midterm Elections is available free to students when packaged with the text.

Author : William H. Flanigan,Nancy H. Zingale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0872893006

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Political Behavior in Midterm Elections by William H. Flanigan,Nancy H. Zingale Pdf

Author : Taylor N. Carlson,Marisa Abrajano,Lisa García Bedolla
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190082147

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Talking Politics by Taylor N. Carlson,Marisa Abrajano,Lisa García Bedolla Pdf

Over five decades of research has made clear that social networks can have an important impact on our political behavior. Specifically, when we engage in political conversation within these networks we develop connections that increase the likelihood that we will become politically active. Yet, most studies of political behavior focus on individuals, rather than the effects of networks on political behavior. Furthermore, any studies of networks have, by and large, been based on White Americans. Given what we know about the ways in which neighborhood, cultural, friend, and family networks tend to segregate along ethnic and racial lines, the authors of this book argue that we can assume that political networks segregate in much the same way. This book draws on quantitative and qualitative analyses of 4000 White American, African American, Latino, and Asian American people to explore inter and intra-ethnoracial differences in social network composition, size, partisanship, policy attitudes, and homophily in political and civic engagement. The book thus makes three key contributions: 1) it provides, for the first time, detailed comparative analysis of how political networks vary across and within ethnoracial groups; 2) demonstrates how historical differences in partisanship, policy attitudes, and engagement are reflected within groups' social networks; and, 3) reveals the impact that networks can have on individuals' political and civic engagement.

Author : W. Russell Neuman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0674654609

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The Paradox of Mass Politics by W. Russell Neuman Pdf

A central current in the history of democratic politics is the tensions between the political culture of an informed citizenry and the potentially antidemocratic impulses of the larger mass of individuals who are only marginally involved in the political world. Given the public's low level of political interest and knowledge, it is paradoxical that the democratic system works at all. In The Paradox of Mass Politics W. Russell Neuman analyzes the major election surveys in the United States for the period 1948-1980 and develops for each a central index of political sophistication based on measures of political interest, knowledge, and style of political conceptualization. Taking a fresh look at the dramatic findings of public apathy and ignorance, he probes the process by which citizens acquire political knowledge and the impact of their knowledge on voting behavior. The book challenges the commonly held view that politically oriented college-educated individuals have a sophisticated grasp of the fundamental political issues of the day and do not rely heavily on vague political symbolism and party identification in their electoral calculus. In their expression of political opinions and in the stability and coherence of those opinions over time, the more knowledgeable half of the population, Neuman concludes, is almost indistinguishable from the other half. This is, in effect, a second paradox closely related to the first. In an attempt to resolve a major and persisting paradox of political theory, Neuman develops a model of three publics, which more accurately portrays the distribution of political knowledge and behavior in the mass population. He identifies a stratum of apoliticals, a large middle mass, and a politically sophisticated elite. The elite is so small (less than 5 percent) that the beliefs and behavior of its member are lost in the large random samples of national election surveys, but so active and articulate that its views are often equated with public opinion at large by the powers in Washington. The key to the paradox of mass politics is the activity of this tiny stratum of persons who follow political issues with care and expertise. This book is essential reading for concerned students of American politics, sociology, public opinion, and mass communication.

Author : Taylor N. Carlson,Marisa Abrajano,Lisa García Bedolla
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190082130

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Talking Politics by Taylor N. Carlson,Marisa Abrajano,Lisa García Bedolla Pdf

Over five decades of research has made clear that social networks can have an important impact on our political behavior. Specifically, when we engage in political conversation within these networks we develop connections that increase the likelihood that we will become politically active. Yet, most studies of political behavior focus on individuals, rather than the effects of networks on political behavior. Furthermore, any studies of networks have, by and large, been based on White Americans. Given what we know about the ways in which neighborhood, cultural, friend, and family networks tend to segregate along ethnic and racial lines, the authors of this book argue that we can assume that political networks segregate in much the same way. This book draws on quantitative and qualitative analyses of 4000 White American, African American, Latino, and Asian American people to explore inter and intra-ethnoracial differences in social network composition, size, partisanship, policy attitudes, and homophily in political and civic engagement. The book thus makes three key contributions: 1) it provides, for the first time, detailed comparative analysis of how political networks vary across and within ethnoracial groups; 2) demonstrates how historical differences in partisanship, policy attitudes, and engagement are reflected within groups' social networks; and, 3) reveals the impact that networks can have on individuals' political and civic engagement.

Author : Matthew H. Olson,John Green
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317349846

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Beyond Red State and Blue State by Matthew H. Olson,John Green Pdf

Beyond Red State and Blue State: Electoral Gaps in the 21st Century American Electorate explores the many demographic gaps that exist within the American electorate. This book is designed to explore the most important voting gaps in American politics today. It shows that twenty-first-century Americans are divided on a wide range of political fronts that go far beyond the somewhat simplistic red state, blue state rubric that has become so popular in American political discourse. Reality is far more complex. The authors capture and explain this complexity through a collection of chapters by leading scholars of a range of voting gaps, including racial/ethnic gaps, the marriage gap, the worship attendance gap, the income/class gap, the rural/urban gap, the gender gap, and the generation gap. Also included is a chapter by a leading political pollster and strategist, Anna Greenberg, on how campaigns use information about voting gaps.

Author : William H Flanigan,Nancy H. Zingale
Publisher : C Q Press College
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015066895965

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Political Behavior of American Electorate 11th Edition by William H Flanigan,Nancy H. Zingale Pdf

Incorporating the results of the 2004 presidential and congressional elections, this text discusses the implications of US homeland security and the war on terror on the electorate and pays increased attention to polarisation and ideology, as well as presenting and exploring new data.

Author : John H. Aldrich,Kathleen M. McGraw
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691151465

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Improving Public Opinion Surveys by John H. Aldrich,Kathleen M. McGraw Pdf

The American National Election Studies (ANES) is the premier social science survey program devoted to voting and elections. Conducted during the presidential election years and midterm Congressional elections, the survey is based on interviews with voters and delves into why they make certain choices. In this edited volume, John Aldrich and Kathleen McGraw bring together a group of leading social scientists that developed and tested new measures that might be added to the ANES, with the ultimate goal of extending scholarly understanding of the causes and consequences of electoral outcomes. The contributors--leading experts from several disciplines in the fields of polling, public opinion, survey methodology, and elections and voting behavior--illuminate some of the most important questions and results from the ANES 2006 pilot study. They look at such varied topics as self-monitoring in the expression of political attitudes, personal values and political orientations, alternate measures of political trust, perceptions of similarity and disagreement in partisan groups, measuring ambivalence about government, gender preferences in politics, and the political issues of abortion, crime, and taxes. Testing new ideas in the study of politics and the political psychology of voting choices and turnout, this collection is an invaluable resource for all students and scholars working to understand the American electorate.