کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1052492 946391 2007 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
“It's the electability, stupid” − or maybe not? Electability, substance, and strategic voting in presidential primaries
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی علوم اجتماعی جغرافیا، برنامه ریزی و توسعه
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“It's the electability, stupid” − or maybe not? Electability, substance, and strategic voting in presidential primaries
چکیده انگلیسی

In an experiment that tests the effects of different information on the role of electability and policy considerations in people's evaluations of presidential candidates, we find that both substance and electability affect those assessments. In the context of the 2004 Democratic presidential primary, evaluations of candidates by more politically sophisticated partisans were affected by the experimental treatment that mentioned the traditional Democratic issue of social security, whereas less sophisticated respondents were more affected by the issue treatment that mentioned the economy. Because both groups were affected by positive electability information, we find some evidence of strategic considerations in voters' decision-making processes. In contrast to complaints that citizens do not use substantive information when assessing candidates in presidential nomination campaigns, we find that presidential primary candidates' electability and issue emphases both matter.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Electoral Studies - Volume 26, Issue 2, June 2007, Pages 371–380
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