The American voter

Wiley

1960

573 p.

I. Introductory. Setting ; Theoretical orientation -- II. Political attitudes and the vote. Perceptions of the parties and candidates ; Partisan choice ; Voting turnout -- III. The political context. The impact of party identification ; The development of party identification ; Public policy and political preference ; Attitude structure and the problem of ideology ; The formation of issue concepts and partisan change ; Election laws and political environment -- IV. The social and economic context. Membership in social groupings ; The role of social class ; Economic antecedents of political behavior ; Agrarian political behavior ; Population movement ; The electoral effects of other social characteristics ; Personality factors in voting behavior -- V. The electoral decision and the political system. The electoral decision ; Electoral behavior and American politics.

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