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050 0 _aJK1967
_b.G58 2013
082 0 4 _a324.973
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100 1 _aGoren, Paul.
245 1 0 _aOn voter competence
_h[electronic resource] /
_cPaul Goren.
260 _aNew York ;
_aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource.
490 1 _aSeries in political psychology
520 8 _aResearch shows that most citizens are shockingly uninformed about public affairs, liberal-conservative ideologies, and the issues of the day. This has led most scholars to condemn typical American voters as politically brainless and to conclude that policy voting lies beyond their reach. 'On Voter Competence' breaks sharply from this view. According to Paul Goren, people vote based on abstract policy principles, a practice that has escaped scholars because they have searched for evidence of policy voting in the wrong places.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
588 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Oct. 30, 2012).
650 0 _aVoting
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aVoting
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
776 0 8 _iPrint version
_z9780195396140
830 0 _aSeries in political psychology.
856 4 0 _3Oxford scholarship online
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195396140.001.0001
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