Abbreviated Journal Title
Am. Polit. Q.
Keywords
Political Science
Abstract
An analysis of 1976 data indicates that nonvoters' images of presidential candidates do not differ drastically from the images expressed by voters. Nonvoters respond to fewer candidates and tend to rate some "outsider" figures more positively and "establishment" figures less positively. With regard to most candidates, however, nonvoters' perceptions resemble those of fellow partisan identifiers more than those of fellow nonvoters. Tests of candidate-related explanations of turnout provide more support for the "indifference" and "other preference" hypotheses than for alienation, but the utility of these explanations varies across partisan groupings.
Journal Title
American Politics Quarterly
Volume
8
Issue/Number
2
Publication Date
1-1-1980
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
209
Last Page
220
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0044-7803
Recommended Citation
Maddox, William S., "Candidate Images Among Voters And Non-Voters In 1976" (1980). Faculty Bibliography 1980s. 22.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib1980/22
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