Partisan Choice Research Articles

Generational Change in American Electoral Behavior

The relationship of social class to partisan choice in the United States has declined during the postwar years. Through an analysis of presidential election surveys conducted by the Survey Research Center of the University of Michigan from 1948 through 1968, it is demonstrated that this decline is largely a result of generational change. Strong relationships between class and partisan choice persist among older voters, but among younger voters these relationships are weak. A time-series cohort analysis provides considerable support for an historically based generational explanation for age-group differences and permits examination of one process through which partisan realignments may occur.

Some Dimensions of Partisan Choice in Quebec, 1969

Depuis 1960 la situation politique au Québec a accrédité deux types d'explications pour rendre compte de la faveur dont out joui les partis politiques qui, tous, ont pris position sur la question nationale et lui ont accordé leur appui, quoique à des degrés divers. La première de ces deux explications veut que la faveur dont jouissent les partis nationalistes, spécialement le Parti québécois (PQ), soit redevable aux caractéristiques sociales des électeurs : le rejet de l'ordre établi serait le fait de gens actuellement désavantagés dans la société québécoise ; la seconde explication des choix partisans propose que le soutien au nationalisme et aux partis qui l'affichent vient d'individus qui partagent un système d'attitudes similaires sur la question.Les données ont montré que les partisans dupqsont, dans une proportion particulièrement élevée, jeunes, de sexe masculin, munis d'une éducation supérieure, et qu'ils occupent des postes professionnels ou techniques qui exigent de hautes qualifications ; toutefois, le test basé sur le modèle d'estimation des probabilités d'appartenance à la n° classe (n-chotomous multivariate probit analysis), appliqué aux deux raisonnements, maintient la valeur du second. Il a été prouvé que les variables significatives, dans la combinaison qui motive les choix partisans, sont celles qui intègrent une attitude nationaliste ; les variables issues des caractéristiques sociales n'y ont pas une influence appréciable et ne peuvent servir de base pour rendre compte d'une intention de vote.En conclusion, l'article précise que même si le nationalisme constitue une raison de support partisan de valeur inégale chez certains groupes, tous n'y apportent pas cependant la même adhésion. Ils se distinguent, en effet, de la majorité silencieuse et de ceux qui n'appuient pas les positions nationalistes par leur attitude plutôt que par leurs caractéristiques sociales.

Some Aspects of New Democratic Party Urban Support in 1965

It is now a more or less established feature of Canada's political life that many sectors of the Canadian electorate are disposed to reject the two “major” political parties in favour of “minor” party alternatives. Recently, the New Democratic party, one of these so-called minor parties, has received substantial electoral support especially in urban English Canada, to such an extent that it is now bidding either to replace one of the major parties or to join both of them in a position of relative equality. Until now, the rather scanty commentaries attempting to account for this “deviant” electoral behaviour of some Canadians have tended to be highly speculative.This article analyses survey findings that shed some light on the NDP phenomenon in the 1960s in four cities in English Canada. It begins by examining the economic and social elements in partisan choice, emphasizing religion and class identification. Next it deals with political habits and attitudes and with party identification and issue orientation. Following this, some of the characteristics of people switching to the NDP are probed. Finally, the findings are related to other research on the topic and some limited comments about the future are made.

Southern Images of Political Parties: An Analysis of White and Negro Attitudes

Previous articleNext article No AccessSouthern Images of Political Parties: An Analysis of White and Negro AttitudesDonald R. Matthews and James W. ProthroDonald R. Matthews Search for more articles by this author and James W. Prothro Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Politics Volume 26, Number 1Feb., 1964 Sponsored by the Southern Political Science Association Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/2127855 Views: 16Total views on this site Citations: 4Citations are reported from Crossref PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Z. R. Usmanova, N. V. Smulkina Cognitive and Emotional Components of the Image of an Ideal Parliament in the Minds of Russian Citizens, Humanities and Social Sciences. Bulletin of the Financial University 11, no.44 (Jan 2022): 77–82.https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2021-11-4-77-82Ryan L. Claassen, Paul A. Djupe, Andrew R. Lewis, Jacob R. Neiheisel Which Party Represents My Group? The Group Foundations of Partisan Choice and Polarization, Political Behavior 43, no.22 (Aug 2019): 615–636.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-019-09565-6 Terry S. Weiner , and Bruce K. Eckland Education and Political Party: The Effects of College or Social Class?, American Journal of Sociology 84, no.44 (Oct 2015): 911–928.https://doi.org/10.1086/226866William J. Crotty A Perspective for the Comparative Analysis of Political Parties, Comparative Political Studies 3, no.33 (Oct 1970): 267–296.https://doi.org/10.1177/001041407000300301