Brian Fife, Geralyn Miller

Political Culture and Voting Systems in the United States

An Examination of the 2000 Presidential Election

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Produktbeschreibung

As the 2000 presidential election suggests, the particular type of voting system employed in a given venue can impact the outcome of elections, not only within an individual state, but, as Fyfe and Miller explore, across the states as well. Yet the scholarly community has paid little attention to the nature and impact of voting systems on electoral outcomes to date. Using Elazar's model of political culture in the American states as a logistical framework on which to build analysis of these voting systems, they indicate that culture is a fundamental variable to consider when attempting to ascertain variances between and among the states. This study will be of particular interest to scholars, students, and other researchers involved with American elections and contemporary politics and voting policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 341g
• ISBN-13: 9780275975807
• ISBN-10: 0275975800
• Artikelnr.: 20984398

Autorenporträt

BRIAN L. FIFE is Professor of Public Affairs at Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne. Among his earlier publications are Desegregation in American Schools: Comparative Intervention Strategies (1992), School Desegregation in the United States: The Focus Must Change (1997), and the co-edited Higher Education in Transition: The Challenges of the New Millennium (2000). GERALYN M. MILLER is Assistant Professor of Public Affairs at Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne. Her articles have appeared in journals and edited collections.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTSCONTENTSContents Illustrations ixAcknowledgments xi Note to the
Reader xiii 1. The 2000 Presidential Election 1A Close Contest 1The
Bush-Gore Legal Battle 5The Palm Beach County, Florida, Ballot 11The
Consortium Report 11More Voting Issues in America 12Felons and the
Franchise 12Voting in America: A States' Rights Matter 13Federalism and
Political Culture: Conceptual Distinctions 182. Political Culture in
America 21The Three Subcultures 22What about the District of Columbia? 26
Voting Patterns in the American States 28Voting Systems in the American
States 31Data Disparities 353. Analyzing the Data 43Research Hypothesis 43
The Appropriate Statistical Technique 45Specification of the Model 46
Interpreting the Voting Systems Results 48Summarizing the Voting Systems
Results 55Political Culture and Presidential Election Outcomes 55
Interpreting the Electoral Results 58Summarizing the Electoral Results
634. Implications for Democratic Theory 65The Caltech/MIT Study 65Voting
Systems and the Supreme Court's Equal Protection Clause Argument 68
Declining Voter Turnout in American Elections 70The Challenge of
Registration 71Federalism and American Elections 74Utilization of the
Federal Election Commission 75Concluding Thoughts 755. The Pendulum Swing
and Voting Rights in America 77Electoral Policy Innovation and the States
78Likelihood of National Mandates for Optical Scan Equipment 82Shaping the
Electoral Process in the States 85Selected Bibliography 89Index 93