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Political Choice in Britain
Harold D. Clarke, David Sanders, Marianne C. Stewart, and Paul Whiteley
390 pages
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numerous figures & tables
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234x156mm
978-0-19-924488-1
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Hardback
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25 March 2004
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- New statement on elections and voting patterns from leading scholars in the field
- Uses a variety of current data sources to describe and explain party support, turnout, and democratic satisfaction
- Tests rival models of political choice
Why do people vote as they do? Indeed, why do they vote at all? What do they think about elections, political parties, and democracy? This important book by four leading scholars addresses these questions. Using a wealth of data from the 1964-2001 British election studies, monthly Gallup polls, and numerous other national surveys conducted over the past four decades, the authors test the explanatory power of rival sociological and individual rationality models of turnout and party choice. Analyses of party choice endorse a valence politics model that challenges the long-dominant social class model. British voters make their political choices by evaluating the performance of
parties and party leaders in economic and other important policy areas. Although these evaluations may be products of events and conditions that occur long before an election campaign officially begins, parties' national and local campaign activities are also influential. Consistent with the valence politics model, partisan attachments display individual- and aggregate-level dynamics that reflect ongoing judgements about the managerial abilities of parties and their leaders. A general incentives model provides the best explanation of turnout. Calculations of the costs and influence-discounted benefits of voting and sense of civic duty are key variables in this model. Significantly, the decline in turnout in recent elections does not reflect more general negative trends in public
attitudes about the political system. Voters judge the performance of British democracy in much the same way as they evaluate its parties and politicians. Support at all levels of the system is a renewable resource, but one that must be renewed. A command of theory, data, models, and method ensure that Political Choice in Britain will be a major resource for all those interested in elections, voting, and democracy.Readership: Scholars and students of Political Science, especially those interested in political behaviour, electoral studies, and British polity
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Harold D. Clarke, Ashbel Smith Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Dallas, David Sanders, Professor of Government, University of Essex, Marianne C. Stewart, Professor of Government, Politics, and Political Economy, University of Texas at Dallas, and Paul Whiteley, Professor of Government, University of Essex, and Director of Democracy and Participation Research Programme
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1: Introduction: Political Choice in Britain
2: Theories of Party Support
3: Party Support in Britain Before 2001
4: Electoral Choice in 2001
5: Electoral Choice and the 2001 Campaign
6: The Dynamics and Nature of Party Identification
7: Theories of Turnout
8: The Decision (Not) to Vote
9: The 2001 Election and Democracy in Britain
10: Conclusion: Valenced Voting and Political Choice
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