ISSUE VOTING - EMPIRICAL-EXAMINATION OF INDIVIDUALLY NECESSARY AND JOINTLY SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS Academic Article

abstract

• This paper argues that six conditions must be met to conclude that issue voting exists: (1) candidates must take different positions on the issues of the day; (2) the campaign issues must be salient to the voter; (3) voters must have a position on the issue; (4) voters must accurately perceive candidate positions; (5) issue-based candidate evaluations must be consistent with vote intention; and (6) vote intention must be based on a previously established issue evaluation not vice versa. This study estimates the number of voters who were able to meet these conditions for issue voting during the 1972 presidential election campaign.

authors

• Meier, Kenneth

published proceedings

• AMERICAN POLITICS QUARTERLY

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• MEIER, K. J., & CAMPBELL, J. E.

citation count

• 16

complete list of authors

• MEIER, KJ||CAMPBELL, JE

publication date

• January 1979

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• American Politics Research  Journal

keywords

• 44 Human Society
• 4408 Political Science

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/1532673X7900700102

start page

• 21

end page

• 50

volume

• 7

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1177%2F1532673x7900700102