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Ideology and spatial voting in American elections / Stephen A. Jessee
| Publisher | Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Codes | ID=2001560467 NCID=BB09696029
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| Language | English |
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| Size | xiii, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Ideology; 3. Measuring ideology; 4. Linking theory and empirics: testing spatial voting theory; 5. Partisanship vs. proximity; 6. Political information and vote choice; 7. The political perceptions of |
| Notes | Summary: "Ideology and Spatial Voting in American Elections addresses two core issues related to the foundations of democratic governance: how the political views of Americans are structured and how citizens' voting decisions relate to their ideological proximity to the candidates. Focusing on testing the assumptions and implications of spatial voting, this book connects the theory with empirical analysis of voter preferences and behavior, showing Americans cast their ballots largely in accordance with spatial voting theory. Stephen A. Jessee's research shows voters possess meaningful ideologies that structure their policy beliefs, moderated by partisanship and differing levels of political information. Jessee finds that while voters with lower levels of political information are more influenced by partisanship, independents and better informed partisans are able to form reasonably accurate perceptions of candidates' ideologies. His findings should reaffirm citizens' faith in the broad functioning of democrat Summary: "The central feature of democracy is that the will of the people determines the policies enacted by the government. In representative democracies such as the United States, citizens influence the government primarily through voting in elections. The success of democratic governance, therefore, rests in large part on the ability of citizens to select leaders who will act in accordance with their policy preferences. In the end, a government lives up to this democratic ideal (or doesn't) through the enactment of specific policies. How, then, do citizens' votes relate to their preferences over government policy outputs? What intervening factors either assist or interfere with voters' selection of candidates who espouse views closest to their own? Understanding the relationship between citizens' policy views and their voting behavior is central to the evaluation of elections and of democratic governance more generally. This book studies the opinions of ordinary citizens on specific policies and the relati Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-229) and index |
| Authors | *Jessee, Stephen A., 1980- |
| Subjects | LCSH:Voting -- United States
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| Classification | LCC:JK1967 DC23:324.973 |
| Vol | : hardback ; ISBN:9781107025707 : pbk ; ISBN:9781107638389 |
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| Location | Volume | Call No. | Barcode No. | Status | Comments | ISBN | Printed | Reserve | Restriction | Copy | eDDS | |
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| Cent.Lib.,Closed Stacks ,Books(European Lang.) | : pbk | 324.973/J495 | 1280420708 |
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9781107638389 | 2012 |
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