Add to ORKGAlthough uncompetitive races for the House of Representatives produce formidable challenges to long-held democratic ideals regarding popular control and meaningful citizen involvement, little is known regarding the significance of variance in district-level competitiveness for the perceptions and behaviors of voters. Do citizens know that the outcomes of most U.S. House elections are foregone conclusions? Does the actual political climate of the district influence citizens ’ perceptions regarding electoral competitiveness, and, ultimately, the decision to vote? Does campaign activity influence citizens ’ perceptions? Do these various perceptions and behaviors hinge in part on the citizen’s level of political knowledge? These questions are a...
Several recent studies on information shortcuts and electoral vote choice show that challenges to cl...
For decades, the role of campaign communication in individual vote choice and electoral outcomes has...
This dissertation examines how the informational and partisan contexts affect the behavior of voters...
Abstract Few scholars have examined perceptions of electoral com-petition, and those who have (Ferej...
This article employs data gathered in a 2006 national survey to study how the American electorate ev...
The electoral system is often treated as fixed, but throughout U.S. history significant changes in e...
188 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007.A large body of literature ex...
How much you know about your congressional candidates depends on where you live. U.S. congressional ...
A large class of theoretical models posits that voters choose candidates on the basis of issue congr...
Research on candidate competition has focused on how much context matters in emergence decisions and...
Many scholars of congressional elections have argued that an increase in the diversity of preference...
For more than fifty years, political scientists have questioned whether citizens are sufficiently in...
Conceptions of democratic governance emphasize the role of public opinion in shaping public policy. ...
Are competitive elections “good” for democracy? Competitive elections are said to symbolize the hea...
In recent months, much has been written about the level of political polarization in America, and th...
Several recent studies on information shortcuts and electoral vote choice show that challenges to cl...
For decades, the role of campaign communication in individual vote choice and electoral outcomes has...
This dissertation examines how the informational and partisan contexts affect the behavior of voters...
Abstract Few scholars have examined perceptions of electoral com-petition, and those who have (Ferej...
This article employs data gathered in a 2006 national survey to study how the American electorate ev...
The electoral system is often treated as fixed, but throughout U.S. history significant changes in e...
188 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007.A large body of literature ex...
How much you know about your congressional candidates depends on where you live. U.S. congressional ...
A large class of theoretical models posits that voters choose candidates on the basis of issue congr...
Research on candidate competition has focused on how much context matters in emergence decisions and...
Many scholars of congressional elections have argued that an increase in the diversity of preference...
For more than fifty years, political scientists have questioned whether citizens are sufficiently in...
Conceptions of democratic governance emphasize the role of public opinion in shaping public policy. ...
Are competitive elections “good” for democracy? Competitive elections are said to symbolize the hea...
In recent months, much has been written about the level of political polarization in America, and th...
Several recent studies on information shortcuts and electoral vote choice show that challenges to cl...
For decades, the role of campaign communication in individual vote choice and electoral outcomes has...
This dissertation examines how the informational and partisan contexts affect the behavior of voters...