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members intending to run for higher office contrive a surge of electoral support in their last House election; those retiring members not intending to run for higher office experience a slump in electoral support. j. F. Pilat, 'Democracy or Discontent? Ecologists in the European Electoral Arena', Government and Opposition, 17: 2, Spring 1982, pp. 222-233. This article explores the electoral behaviour, power and potential of European ecologists in the hope of answering the question: to what end is the ecologists' electoral presence being developed? George Rabinowitz, James W. Prothro and William Jacoby, 'Salience as a Factor in the Impact of Issues on Candidate Evaluation', Journal of Politics, 44: 1, February 1982, pp. 41-63. This article attempts to assess the impact of the concept of salience in political decision-making as a personal influence on candidate choice. General social influences are also included in the hope of offering a more realistic examination of the relationship between issue salience and candidate choice.
Res Publica: Tijdschrift voor Politologie, Revue de Science Politique, Belgian Journal for Political Science, X X I V : 1, 1982. This issue contains several articles on the 1981 general election as well as a bibliography of articles in Res Publica on Belgian elections from 1958 to 1979. See also: entries for L. De Winter and W. Fraeys. Steven J. Rosenstone, 'Economic Adversity and Voter Turnout', American Journal of
Political Science, 26: 1, February 1982, pp. 25-46. Does economic adversity affect whether people vote? Data from the November 1974 Current Population Survey are used to estimate the effect that unemployment, poverty and a decline in financial well-being have on voter turnout. Each economic problem suppresses participation. These individual level findings are corroborated with aggregate time series data from presidential and mid-term elections since 1896. Campbell Sharman and Janette Stuart, 'Patterns of State Voting in National Referendums', Pohtics (Sydney), XVI: 2, November 1981, pp. 261 270. This article studies exhaustively the state patterns in voting in the 36 national referendums that have been held in Australia since 1901. It shows how behaviour has differed in three historical periods. Small states have always been more negative than large states but the tendency has increased over time. Lee Sigelman, 'The Nonvoting Voter in Voting Research', American Journal of Political
Science, 26: 1, February 1982, pp. 47 56. This paper compares, via discriminant analysis of data from the 1978 National Election Study, the characteristics of respondents who falsely claim to have voted, with the characteristics of actual voters and admitted non-voters. Parallel analyses of the factors affecting voting or non-voting are also reported. Kenneth D. Wald, 'Realignment Theory and British Party Development: A Critique', Political Studies, 30: 2, June 1982, pp. 207-220. This article examines the applicability of critical election theory to British party development under the Third Reform Act (1885-1917). Contrary to claims by several authors, the general elections o f 1886 and 1906 showed none o f the features associated with critical realignments. The realignment model does not seem appropriate in the British system.
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members intending to run for higher office contrive a surge of electoral support in their last House election; those retiring members not intending to run for higher office experience a slump in electoral support. j. F. Pilat, 'Democracy or Discontent? Ecologists in the European Electoral Arena', Government and Opposition, 17: 2, Spring 1982, pp. 222-233. This article explores the electoral behaviour, power and potential of European ecologists in the hope of answering the question: to what end is the ecologists' electoral presence being developed? George Rabinowitz, James W. Prothro and William Jacoby, 'Salience as a Factor in the Impact of Issues on Candidate Evaluation', Journal of Politics, 44: 1, February 1982, pp. 41-63. This article attempts to assess the impact of the concept of salience in political decision-making as a personal influence on candidate choice. General social influences are also included in the hope of offering a more realistic examination of the relationship between issue salience and candidate choice.
Res Publica: Tijdschrift voor Politologie, Revue de Science Politique, Belgian Journal for Political Science, X X I V : 1, 1982. This issue contains several articles on the 1981 general election as well as a bibliography of articles in Res Publica on Belgian elections from 1958 to 1979. See also: entries for L. De Winter and W. Fraeys. Steven J. Rosenstone, 'Economic Adversity and Voter Turnout', American Journal of
Political Science, 26: 1, February 1982, pp. 25-46. Does economic adversity affect whether people vote? Data from the November 1974 Current Population Survey are used to estimate the effect that unemployment, poverty and a decline in financial well-being have on voter turnout. Each economic problem suppresses participation. These individual level findings are corroborated with aggregate time series data from presidential and mid-term elections since 1896. Campbell Sharman and Janette Stuart, 'Patterns of State Voting in National Referendums', Pohtics (Sydney), XVI: 2, November 1981, pp. 261 270. This article studies exhaustively the state patterns in voting in the 36 national referendums that have been held in Australia since 1901. It shows how behaviour has differed in three historical periods. Small states have always been more negative than large states but the tendency has increased over time. Lee Sigelman, 'The Nonvoting Voter in Voting Research', American Journal of Political
Science, 26: 1, February 1982, pp. 47 56. This paper compares, via discriminant analysis of data from the 1978 National Election Study, the characteristics of respondents who falsely claim to have voted, with the characteristics of actual voters and admitted non-voters. Parallel analyses of the factors affecting voting or non-voting are also reported. Kenneth D. Wald, 'Realignment Theory and British Party Development: A Critique', Political Studies, 30: 2, June 1982, pp. 207-220. This article examines the applicability of critical election theory to British party development under the Third Reform Act (1885-1917). Contrary to claims by several authors, the general elections o f 1886 and 1906 showed none o f the features associated with critical realignments. The realignment model does not seem appropriate in the British system.