Popkin, Samuel L., 1942-

The reasoning voter : communication and persuasion in presidential campaigns / Samuel L. Popkin. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994. - x, 291 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-280) and index.

The reasoning voter -- Acquiring data: the process of becoming informed -- Going without data: information shortcuts -- Going beyond the data: evidence and inference in voting -- Attributable benefits and political symbols -- Expectations and reassessments: surges and declines in presidential primaries -- The democratic primaries of 1976: Watergate and the rise of Jimmy Carter -- The republican primaries of 1980: George Bush, Ronald Reagan, and the legacy of 1976 -- The fight to redirect the democratic coalition in 1984.

0226675440 (cloth : alk. paper) : 0226675459 (paper) 9780226675459 (paper)


Presidents--Election.--United States
Presidentes--Elecciones--Estados Unidos
Voting--United States.
Votación--Estados Unidos
Political campaigns--United States.
Campañas políticas

JK 524 / P828r 1991

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