Economic Voting - A Campaign-Centered Theory

Informationen zum Autor Austin Hart is Assistant Professor of Quantitative Methods in the School of International Service at American University, Washington DC. His research examines the criteria voters use to evaluate their representatives and the extent to which politicians can use mass communication to manipulate those criteria. His work also appears in the Journal of Politics and Comparative Political Studies. Klappentext Highlighting the power of campaign strategy, this study challenges the notion that economic performance necessarily drives electoral outcomes. Zusammenfassung The conventional wisdom of economic voting theory argues that a nation's economic performance drives electoral outcomes. Austin Hart challenges the simplicity of this notion using cognitive-psychological research to demonstrate that candidates can shape campaign narratives and! in doing so! either overcome or capitalize on prevailing economic conditions to win elections. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The economic voting puzzle; 2. A campaign-centered theory of economic voting; 3. Can ads prime the economy? How would we know? US 1992; 4. The impact of a surge in economic messages, Mexico 2006; 5. The absent economic message, US and Mexico 2000; 6. The campaign-centered model in comparative perspective; 7. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Austin Hart, Austin (American University Hart, Hart Austin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2016
• EAN: 9781107148192
• ISBN: 978-1-107-14819-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Political Economy, Elections & referenda, Constitution: government & the state, Political parties and party platforms, Constitution: government and the state, Elections and referenda / suffrage