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Title
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Split-ticket voting: An analysis of the 1980, 1984, and 1988 elections.
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Creator
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Gunnarsson, Candace L., Florida Atlantic University, Pritchard, Anita, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
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Abstract/Description
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This thesis examines one aspect of the decline in partisanship--split-ticket voting. Vote choices in three presidential elections--1980, 1984, and 1988--were analyzed. Split-ticket voting was examined among four groups in the voting population: race, region, age, and social class. There were only limited differences in the inclination to vote split-tickets among the groups analyzed. Incumbency at the House and Senate level was considered to be a viable factor which increased split-ticket...
Show moreThis thesis examines one aspect of the decline in partisanship--split-ticket voting. Vote choices in three presidential elections--1980, 1984, and 1988--were analyzed. Split-ticket voting was examined among four groups in the voting population: race, region, age, and social class. There were only limited differences in the inclination to vote split-tickets among the groups analyzed. Incumbency at the House and Senate level was considered to be a viable factor which increased split-ticket voting. The factor of incumbency did encourage split-ticket voting in House races. However, it was not as significant a factor in Senate races.
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Date Issued
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1992
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14802
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Subject Headings
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Party affiliation--United States, Elections--United States, Voting--United States, United States--Politics and government--1945-1989
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Format
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Document (PDF)
