POLS 125 Lecture 11: Voting Behavior
1 Mar 2020
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Michigan model, funnel of causality: many things go into voter"s choice: many things are in the back of voters" minds, historical at cultural, sociological and group id. These things influence downstream decisions of issue stances and evaluations of politicians (1) leads to final vote choices. Hard issue voting presumes that issue voting is a final result of sophisticated decision calculation: represents a reasoned and thoughtful attempt by voters to use policy preferences to guide electoral choices. Will vote for candidates closest to them on multiple issue spaces: works best among those with conceptual skills to do it well. Must know where you stand on each issue. Must know where each candidate is on each issue. Easy issue voting occurs when a particular issue becomes ingrained enough over a long period that it structures voters" responses to candidates: simple right versus wrong calculation.
