Electoral Engineering: Voting Rules and Political Behavior
... From Kosovo to Kabul, the last decade has witnessed growing interest in ‘electoral engineering’. The end of the Cold War, the global spread of democracy, and new thinking about development spurred this process. During the late 1980s and early 1990s the flowering of transitional and consolidating thi ...
... From Kosovo to Kabul, the last decade has witnessed growing interest in ‘electoral engineering’. The end of the Cold War, the global spread of democracy, and new thinking about development spurred this process. During the late 1980s and early 1990s the flowering of transitional and consolidating thi ...
The Tea Party Movement: Right-Wing
... The Tea Party movement emerged in early 2009 as a conservative reaction against the election of Barack Obama and the proposed bailout of financial firms and homeowners by the federal government. The movement went on to oppose Obama’s health care reform proposal and eventually to support conservative ...
... The Tea Party movement emerged in early 2009 as a conservative reaction against the election of Barack Obama and the proposed bailout of financial firms and homeowners by the federal government. The movement went on to oppose Obama’s health care reform proposal and eventually to support conservative ...
Economic voting and the Great Recession in Europe
... conditions (Key 1961; Fiorina 1981; van der Brug, van der Eijk and Franklin 2007; Duch and Stevenson 2008). This simple idea is so well established that it has been described as ‘virtually a social science law’ (Duch 2007, 805). Nonetheless, there are still open questions about economic voting. As t ...
... conditions (Key 1961; Fiorina 1981; van der Brug, van der Eijk and Franklin 2007; Duch and Stevenson 2008). This simple idea is so well established that it has been described as ‘virtually a social science law’ (Duch 2007, 805). Nonetheless, there are still open questions about economic voting. As t ...
Negotiating Agreement in Politics
... The recent gridlock in Congress may well be a metaphor for the erosion of cooperation in contemporary political life.1 We often value cooperation at the community level, but our national public space is dominated by endless bickering and stalemate, and our national political institutions seem to bet ...
... The recent gridlock in Congress may well be a metaphor for the erosion of cooperation in contemporary political life.1 We often value cooperation at the community level, but our national public space is dominated by endless bickering and stalemate, and our national political institutions seem to bet ...
Political Polarization as a Social Movement Outcome: 1960s Klan
... organizational infrastructure that can prompt political elites to grant concessions in response to potential threats posed by a formidable movement. By this same logic, an organizational presence in a particular local setting should make it more likely a movement will affect the community, even in w ...
... organizational infrastructure that can prompt political elites to grant concessions in response to potential threats posed by a formidable movement. By this same logic, an organizational presence in a particular local setting should make it more likely a movement will affect the community, even in w ...
If Only They Knew: Citizens` Knowledge of Roll Call Behavior and
... did. Opposing stem cell research funding himself, our hypothetical citizen should, when asked whether he approves of the job that his co-partisan legislator is doing, state that he approves of his legislator, as he perceives himself to be in agreement with her on this issue. My theory posits that ha ...
... did. Opposing stem cell research funding himself, our hypothetical citizen should, when asked whether he approves of the job that his co-partisan legislator is doing, state that he approves of his legislator, as he perceives himself to be in agreement with her on this issue. My theory posits that ha ...
USI.10 On a map of North America, identify the first 13 states to ratify
... popular sovereignty, federalism, separation of powers, and individual rights. Students study America’s westward expansion, the establishment of political parties, and economic and social change. Finally, students will learn about the growth of sectional conflict, how sectional conflict led to the Ci ...
... popular sovereignty, federalism, separation of powers, and individual rights. Students study America’s westward expansion, the establishment of political parties, and economic and social change. Finally, students will learn about the growth of sectional conflict, how sectional conflict led to the Ci ...
Mark scheme - Edexcel
... their support for a candidate; groups which do not meet a viability threshold have to disperse and other groups try to persuade their members to join them. At the end of the caucus for presidential candidates, the size of the remaining groups is translated into delegates to the national party conven ...
... their support for a candidate; groups which do not meet a viability threshold have to disperse and other groups try to persuade their members to join them. At the end of the caucus for presidential candidates, the size of the remaining groups is translated into delegates to the national party conven ...
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN CALIFORNIA, 1856-1868
... factor in California's early Republican party and in the state's politics during the Civil War and Reconstruction period was race. ...
... factor in California's early Republican party and in the state's politics during the Civil War and Reconstruction period was race. ...
Party Politics and Preferences for CAFTA in Costa Rica
... election, and the PLN took this as a mandate that the public supported CAFTA-DR. But amidst much contestation the Costa Rican Supreme Court announced that it might be possible to hold a public referendum. The government chose this route and began an intense campaign for public support, which ended w ...
... election, and the PLN took this as a mandate that the public supported CAFTA-DR. But amidst much contestation the Costa Rican Supreme Court announced that it might be possible to hold a public referendum. The government chose this route and began an intense campaign for public support, which ended w ...
public opinion
... attitudes or beliefs about certain issues or officials, and it is the foundation of any democracy. Of course, the electorate expresses its opinion primarily through voting, and elections are the most visible means by which citizens hold elected officials accountable. But a system that claims to be democ ...
... attitudes or beliefs about certain issues or officials, and it is the foundation of any democracy. Of course, the electorate expresses its opinion primarily through voting, and elections are the most visible means by which citizens hold elected officials accountable. But a system that claims to be democ ...
research - MOspace Home
... and Reordering Politics. First, Nichols writes that accumulated entropy “causes the governing majority’s institutional regime to be seen as an impediment to both progress and necessary change.” When this happens, “past arrangements lose their relevance and politics have reached a realigning tipping ...
... and Reordering Politics. First, Nichols writes that accumulated entropy “causes the governing majority’s institutional regime to be seen as an impediment to both progress and necessary change.” When this happens, “past arrangements lose their relevance and politics have reached a realigning tipping ...
GERRYMANDERING AND POLITICAL CARTELS
... For the Gingles plurality, the bivariate relationship between race and vote choice was the only relevant statistic. Justice Brennan’s opinion stated: “For purposes of [Section] 2, the legal concept of racially polarized voting incorporates neither causation nor intent. It means simply that the race ...
... For the Gingles plurality, the bivariate relationship between race and vote choice was the only relevant statistic. Justice Brennan’s opinion stated: “For purposes of [Section] 2, the legal concept of racially polarized voting incorporates neither causation nor intent. It means simply that the race ...
Nicholas_DeFillipos_Final_Thesis
... a political party, with its members often belonging to other political parties. Know Nothings were instructed to say they “knew nothing” if asked about the organization, making them even more difficult to identify. 18 In the 1854 elections, the Know Nothings revealed themselves as a party capable of ...
... a political party, with its members often belonging to other political parties. Know Nothings were instructed to say they “knew nothing” if asked about the organization, making them even more difficult to identify. 18 In the 1854 elections, the Know Nothings revealed themselves as a party capable of ...
Oxford Handbooks Online APD and Rational Choice APD and Rational Choice
... APD and Rational Choice approach was in many ways the polar opposite of the prevailing behavioral approach of the time. While both approaches took the individual as the base unit of analysis (or theoretical building block), the RC approach replaced behavioralism’s “passive man,” nudged by his surro ...
... APD and Rational Choice approach was in many ways the polar opposite of the prevailing behavioral approach of the time. While both approaches took the individual as the base unit of analysis (or theoretical building block), the RC approach replaced behavioralism’s “passive man,” nudged by his surro ...
Jim Crow 2.0? - ScholarWorks at UMass Boston
... for the recent increase in restrictive voter access legislation.xxviii1 On the right, they are a necessary response to rampant electoral fraud perpetrated by Democrats and allied organizations. On the left, restrictive access legislation is seen as a strategic attempt to reduce turnout amongst Democ ...
... for the recent increase in restrictive voter access legislation.xxviii1 On the right, they are a necessary response to rampant electoral fraud perpetrated by Democrats and allied organizations. On the left, restrictive access legislation is seen as a strategic attempt to reduce turnout amongst Democ ...
The New South, The West, and Populism
... The first unit of American History 2 examines collapse of Reconstruction and the New South, the West, and Populism through the lenses of conflict, migration, settlement, and the “American Dream”. The New South The unit begins with the end of Reconstruction. As a result of the election of 1876, south ...
... The first unit of American History 2 examines collapse of Reconstruction and the New South, the West, and Populism through the lenses of conflict, migration, settlement, and the “American Dream”. The New South The unit begins with the end of Reconstruction. As a result of the election of 1876, south ...
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... have successfully fended off elite advocacy for the dismantling and privatization of these two New Deal programs. Putting to one side the merits of the policy debate, the pertinent point is that their success can be attributed to two related facts: first, they are well organized by the American Asso ...
... have successfully fended off elite advocacy for the dismantling and privatization of these two New Deal programs. Putting to one side the merits of the policy debate, the pertinent point is that their success can be attributed to two related facts: first, they are well organized by the American Asso ...
Political Hobbyism: A Theory of Mass Behavior
... scholarship has come is in two well-known works by James Q. Wilson. In his famous taxonomy of participatory incentives, Wilson (1974) acknowledged that citizens join together in political groups in large part for “collective solidary” reasons, such as “the fun and conviviality of coming together, th ...
... scholarship has come is in two well-known works by James Q. Wilson. In his famous taxonomy of participatory incentives, Wilson (1974) acknowledged that citizens join together in political groups in large part for “collective solidary” reasons, such as “the fun and conviviality of coming together, th ...
Parties Without Brands? Evidence from California`s 1878
... government after the convention, just as they had done in the years before. By comparing legislative voting in the sessions immediately before and after the convention to delegate behavior on the convention floor, we show that high levels of discipline and cohesion among legislators can be sustained ...
... government after the convention, just as they had done in the years before. By comparing legislative voting in the sessions immediately before and after the convention to delegate behavior on the convention floor, we show that high levels of discipline and cohesion among legislators can be sustained ...
People`s Party (United States)
... from North Carolina, at least partially demonstrated a dedication to the cause of white supremacy, and there appears to have been some support for this viewpoint among the rank-and-file of the party's membership.[7] After 1900 Watson himself became an outspoken white supremacist and became the party ...
... from North Carolina, at least partially demonstrated a dedication to the cause of white supremacy, and there appears to have been some support for this viewpoint among the rank-and-file of the party's membership.[7] After 1900 Watson himself became an outspoken white supremacist and became the party ...
Money Politics: Campaign Finance and the
... But at the core is the issue of private financing of political campaigns. As Greider wrote, "The scandalous question that hangs over modern government and excites perpetual outrage is about political money and what it buys."5 To be sure, the American tradition of privately financed election campaign ...
... But at the core is the issue of private financing of political campaigns. As Greider wrote, "The scandalous question that hangs over modern government and excites perpetual outrage is about political money and what it buys."5 To be sure, the American tradition of privately financed election campaign ...
Wilmot Proviso
... and one other Alabama delegate left the convention. Yancey’s efforts to stir up a third party movement in the state failed. [20] Southerner Whigs looked hopefully to slaveholder and war hero General Zachary Taylor as the solution to the widening sectional divide even though he took no public stance ...
... and one other Alabama delegate left the convention. Yancey’s efforts to stir up a third party movement in the state failed. [20] Southerner Whigs looked hopefully to slaveholder and war hero General Zachary Taylor as the solution to the widening sectional divide even though he took no public stance ...
scott morgenstern - University of Pittsburgh
... Duke’s Arts and Sciences Research Council, grant to support study of Spain’s parliament and political parties, (1998); research on ideology and legislative voting while in Spain (2001-2002) Friedrich Ebert. Grant to study legislatures in Latin America. (The money funded the original conference that ...
... Duke’s Arts and Sciences Research Council, grant to support study of Spain’s parliament and political parties, (1998); research on ideology and legislative voting while in Spain (2001-2002) Friedrich Ebert. Grant to study legislatures in Latin America. (The money funded the original conference that ...
American election campaigns in the 19th century
In the 19th century, a number of new methods for conducting American election campaigns developed in the United States. For the most part the techniques were original, not copied from Europe or anywhere else. The campaigns were also changed by a general enlargement of the voting franchise—most states began removing or reducing property and tax qualifications for suffrage (the last to remove all property requirements was North Carolina in 1856) and by the early 19th century the great majority of free adult white males could vote (Rhode Island being a notable exception, though the constitution was considerably liberalized after an 1844 Rebellion). In addition, during and after Radical Reconstruction, black males in the South were enfranchised, and technically were afterwards, though widespread voting by blacks was a practical impossibility after the 1877 withdrawal of federal troops from the South.The system was characterized by two major parties who dominated government at the local, state and national level, and enlisted most voters into a loyal ""army"" of supporters. There were numerous small third parties that usually were short-lived or inconsequential. The complex system of electing federal, state and local officials meant that election campaigns were both frequent and consequential in terms of political power. Nearly all government jobs were distributed on a patronage basis to party workers. The jobs were honorific and usually paid very well. The best way to get a patronage job was to work in the election campaign for the winning party, and volunteers were numerous. Elections provided Americans with much of their news. The elections of 1828-32, 1854–56, and 1894–96 are usually considered Realigning elections.