Beyond the Electoral Connection: A Reassessment of the Role of Voting in Contemporary American Politics
ISBN: 9781512807509
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Pennsylvania Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Elections -- United States; Voting -- United States; Political participation -- United States;

American voting behavior has long been paradoxical. Although levels of voter participation increase with age, income, and education, middle and upper-class voters still tend to cast their ballots by "image" rather than issue. This book provides a comprehensive analysis and systematic explanation of this fundamental paradox.


Kim Ezra Shienbaum is Emerita Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University, Camden.
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