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Guide to Journal Articles
John E. Jackson, 'Election Night Reporting and Voter Turnout', American Journal of Political
Science, 27:4, November 1983, pp. 615-35. This article analyses data taken from a subset of the respondents in the 1980 Presidential Election Study which ascertained what time of day the person voted, what election night news they heard, and when they heard the news. Many people heard projections of the presidential election outcome before the local polls closed. Exposure to these projections affected the likelihood of turnout amongst Republicans more than amongst Democrats. M. Kent Jennings, 'Gender Roles and Inequalities in Political Participation: Results from an EightNation Study', Western Political Quarterly, 36:3, September 1983, pp. 364-85. The enquiry addresses the question of greater political participation by men than women in eight western democracies. The relative prominence of fathers as dominant political conversation partners varied by child's sex and accorded well with cross-national variations in the participation gap between men and women. Michael Krashinsky and William J. Milne, 'Some Evidence on the Effect of Incumbency in Ontario Provincial Elections', Canadian Journal of Political Science, 16:3, September 1983, pp. 489-500. The authors examine the constituency results in recent Ontario provincial elections in order to estimate the impact of incumbency upon electoral outcomes. Incumbency had a significant impact, adding between 6 and 12 per cent to the incumbent's popular vote. These results persist over time and across parties. Michael S. Lewis-Beck and Tom W. Rice, 'Localism in Presidential Elections: The Home State Advantage', American Journal of Political Science, 27:3, August 1983, pp. 548-56. This article evaluates the proposition that presidential candidates have a home state advantage. This is in fact the case and despite the nationalization of other political processes, this local advantage has not declined over time. Michael S. Lewis-Beck, 'Economics and the French Voter: A Microanalysis', Public Opinion Quarterly, 47:3, Fall 1983, pp. 347-60. This enquiry attempts to answer the question as to whether individual economic perceptions influence voting decisions in France. French economic voting appears to be a combination of policy and incumbent orientations. If Left and Centre-Right parties begin to alternate in power with some regularity, it might be expected that policy-oriented voting would fade further. Seymour Martin Lipset and William Schneider, ' The Decline of Confidence in American Institutions',
Political Science Quarterly, 98:3, Fall 1983, pp. 379-402. A sharp decline has occurred in public confidence towards all major American institutions since 1965. This change in attitude is directed towards the performance of the institutions rather than a rejection of the American socio-economic and political systems themselves. Gregory B. Markus, 'Dynamic Modeling of Cohort Change: The Case of Political Partisanship',
American Journal of Political Science, 27:4, November 1983, pp. 717-39. The author presents an alternative to typical cohort analysis for modeling developmental processes using cohort data. The alternative strategy is illustrated by an analysis of trends in the strength of partisan identification in the United States between 1952-78. David J. Myers and Robert E. O' Connor, 'The Undecided Respondent in Mandatory Voting Settings: A Venezuelan Exploration', Western Political Quarterly, 36:3, September 1983, pp. 4 2 0 - 3 3 . Using Venezuelan data from 1978, the authors use discriminant function analysis to help provide an understanding of voters who declare themselves to be undecided in surveys.
Guide to Journal Articles
John E. Jackson, 'Election Night Reporting and Voter Turnout', American Journal of Political
Science, 27:4, November 1983, pp. 615-35. This article analyses data taken from a subset of the respondents in the 1980 Presidential Election Study which ascertained what time of day the person voted, what election night news they heard, and when they heard the news. Many people heard projections of the presidential election outcome before the local polls closed. Exposure to these projections affected the likelihood of turnout amongst Republicans more than amongst Democrats. M. Kent Jennings, 'Gender Roles and Inequalities in Political Participation: Results from an EightNation Study', Western Political Quarterly, 36:3, September 1983, pp. 364-85. The enquiry addresses the question of greater political participation by men than women in eight western democracies. The relative prominence of fathers as dominant political conversation partners varied by child's sex and accorded well with cross-national variations in the participation gap between men and women. Michael Krashinsky and William J. Milne, 'Some Evidence on the Effect of Incumbency in Ontario Provincial Elections', Canadian Journal of Political Science, 16:3, September 1983, pp. 489-500. The authors examine the constituency results in recent Ontario provincial elections in order to estimate the impact of incumbency upon electoral outcomes. Incumbency had a significant impact, adding between 6 and 12 per cent to the incumbent's popular vote. These results persist over time and across parties. Michael S. Lewis-Beck and Tom W. Rice, 'Localism in Presidential Elections: The Home State Advantage', American Journal of Political Science, 27:3, August 1983, pp. 548-56. This article evaluates the proposition that presidential candidates have a home state advantage. This is in fact the case and despite the nationalization of other political processes, this local advantage has not declined over time. Michael S. Lewis-Beck, 'Economics and the French Voter: A Microanalysis', Public Opinion Quarterly, 47:3, Fall 1983, pp. 347-60. This enquiry attempts to answer the question as to whether individual economic perceptions influence voting decisions in France. French economic voting appears to be a combination of policy and incumbent orientations. If Left and Centre-Right parties begin to alternate in power with some regularity, it might be expected that policy-oriented voting would fade further. Seymour Martin Lipset and William Schneider, ' The Decline of Confidence in American Institutions',
Political Science Quarterly, 98:3, Fall 1983, pp. 379-402. A sharp decline has occurred in public confidence towards all major American institutions since 1965. This change in attitude is directed towards the performance of the institutions rather than a rejection of the American socio-economic and political systems themselves. Gregory B. Markus, 'Dynamic Modeling of Cohort Change: The Case of Political Partisanship',
American Journal of Political Science, 27:4, November 1983, pp. 717-39. The author presents an alternative to typical cohort analysis for modeling developmental processes using cohort data. The alternative strategy is illustrated by an analysis of trends in the strength of partisan identification in the United States between 1952-78. David J. Myers and Robert E. O' Connor, 'The Undecided Respondent in Mandatory Voting Settings: A Venezuelan Exploration', Western Political Quarterly, 36:3, September 1983, pp. 4 2 0 - 3 3 . Using Venezuelan data from 1978, the authors use discriminant function analysis to help provide an understanding of voters who declare themselves to be undecided in surveys.