Activism
American National Election Studies
Americans
Ballot
Candidate
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Citizens (Spanish political party)
Coefficient
Cosmopolitanism
Determinant
Domestic policy
Dummy variable (statistics)
Election
Elite
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eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
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Estimation
Exit poll
Extremism
Factor analysis
Feeling
Foreign policy
General election
George W. Bush
Government
Hillary Clinton
Ideology
Income
Incumbent
Independent (voter)
Institution
John McCain
Legislator
Liberal conservatism
Major party
Majority
Measurement
Moderate
National Science Foundation
Nomination
Of Education
Opinion poll
Participation (decision making)
Party discipline
Party identification
Party system
Percentage
Percentage point
Political campaign
Political machine
Political party
Political philosophy
Political science
Politician
Politics
Prediction
Probability
Public opinion
Public policy
Pundit
Regression analysis
Republican Party (United States)
Respondent
Social issue
Statistical significance
Suicide prevention
Tax
Theory
Two-party system
United States Senate
Voter turnout
Voting
Voting behavior
Product details
- ISBN 9780691151113
- Weight: 567g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 30 Oct 2011
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Citizens are political simpletons--that is only a modest exaggeration of a common characterization of voters. Certainly, there is no shortage of evidence of citizens' limited political knowledge, even about matters of the highest importance, along with inconsistencies in their thinking, some glaring by any standard. But this picture of citizens all too often approaches caricature. Paul Sniderman and Benjamin Highton bring together leading political scientists who offer new insights into the political thinking of the public, the causes of party polarization, the motivations for political participation, and the paradoxical relationship between turnout and democratic representation. These studies propel a foundational argument about democracy. Voters can only do as well as the alternatives on offer. These alternatives are constrained by third players, in particular activists, interest groups, and financial contributors. The result: voters often appear to be shortsighted, extreme, and inconsistent because the alternatives they must choose between are shortsighted, extreme, and inconsistent.
Facing the Challenge of Democracy features contributions by John Aldrich, Stephen Ansolabehere, Edward Carmines, Jack Citrin, Susanna Dilliplane, Christopher Ellis, Michael Ensley, Melanie Freeze, Donald Green, Eitan Hersh, Simon Jackman, Gary Jacobson, Matthew Knee, Jonathan Krasno, Arthur Lupia, David Magleby, Eric McGhee, Diana Mutz, Candice Nelson, Benjamin Page, Kathryn Pearson, Eric Schickler, John Sides, James Stimson, Lynn Vavreck, Michael Wagner, Mark Westlye, and Tao Xie.
Paul M. Sniderman is the Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr., Professor of Public Policy at Stanford University. Benjamin Highton is associate professor of political science at the University of California, Davis.
