Listening to the American voter : what was on voters' minds in presidential elections, 1960 to 2016 / David E. RePass.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

RePass, David E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Election--History--20th century.

Presidents.

Politics and government.

Public opinion.

Voting research.

History.

United States.

Presidents--United States--Election--History--21st century.

Voting research--United States.

United States--Politics and government--Public opinion.

Politics and government--Public opinion.

Presidents--Election.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 172 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Summary:

"This book explains why elections from 1960 to 2016 came out the way they did. Why did voters choose one candidate over the other and what issues were they concerned with? The answer comes from talking to thousands of voters and analyzing their verbatim responses. Traditional methods used by most political analysts have often led to false interpretations and an empty conventional wisdom. Using a unique model and high quality survey data from the American National Election Studies, this book sheds original light on what voters think the most important problems are, what short-term forces may affect voting behavior, the role of ideology, and ultimately, the impact on democracy of not listening to what voters say. In addition, the author presents a new way to measure the ideological composition of the American electorate and considers whether the polarization of Congress represents a reflection of a polarized public"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Long-term forces

Short-term forces

Measuring issues

Images of the candidates

The components of vote

Ideology

Polarization

Conclusions

Appendix A: My model equation and the components

Appendix B: Calculating the amount of random response

Appendix C: My method of measuring belief systems

Appendix D: Demographic uniqueness of the ideological blocs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: RePass, David E., Listening to the American voter

ISBN:

9780367467470

036746747X

9780367819675

0367819678

OCLC:

1130763881