On voter competence [electronic resource] / Paul Goren.

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Goren, Paul

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Series in political psychologyPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:

9780199979301 (ebook) :

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Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

324.973 23

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JK1967 .G58 2013

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Oxford scholarship online

Summary: Research shows that most citizens are shockingly uninformed about public affairs, liberal-conservative ideologies, and the issues of the day. This has led most scholars to condemn typical American voters as politically brainless and to conclude that policy voting lies beyond their reach. 'On Voter Competence' breaks sharply from this view. According to Paul Goren, people vote based on abstract policy principles, a practice that has escaped scholars because they have searched for evidence of policy voting in the wrong places.

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Research shows that most citizens are shockingly uninformed about public affairs, liberal-conservative ideologies, and the issues of the day. This has led most scholars to condemn typical American voters as politically brainless and to conclude that policy voting lies beyond their reach. 'On Voter Competence' breaks sharply from this view. According to Paul Goren, people vote based on abstract policy principles, a practice that has escaped scholars because they have searched for evidence of policy voting in the wrong places.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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