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IN SEARCH OF THE TICKET SPLITTER.
In: Social Science Quarterly (University of Texas Press), Jg. 62 (1981-09-01), Heft 3, S. 401-408
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This article discusses the prevalence of ticket splitting in the U.S. electorate, with only strong identifiers maintaining high levels of party voting. Ticket splitting is only slightly related to interest in the campaign and mass media usage and is more likely to occur among voters making their presidential vote decision during the campaign. Ticket splitting in national politics represents another example of the decline of party phenomenon, in which more citizens are willing to stray from party attachment in casting their votes. As voters turn away from the party as a voting cue, other factors move to the foreground and are consequently related to the presence of split-ticket votes. It is widespread among both independents and weak partisans and is associated with late decisions and candidate orientations. As far as casting split ballots, the electorate is dichotomized into strong partisans unlikely to divide their votes and everyone else, for whom split voting is quite possible. This residual electorate is not divided equally into Democratic, Republican and independent groups, but it consists of people equally likely to vote split as well as straight tickets. When strong partisans are excluded, the ticket splitting habit is so widespread that it cuts across many behavioral and attitudinal categories.
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IN SEARCH OF THE TICKET SPLITTER.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Maddox, William S. ; Nimmo, Dan |
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Zeitschrift: | Social Science Quarterly (University of Texas Press), Jg. 62 (1981-09-01), Heft 3, S. 401-408 |
Veröffentlichung: | 1981 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0038-4941 (print) |
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