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Perceived Representativess and Voting: An Assessment of the Impact of “Choices” vs. “Echoes”

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The persistent decline in voting in presidential elections since 1960 has resulted in serious scholarly attention being given to nonvoting. Despite the quality of these studies, however, the ratio of what we know about nonvoting to what we do not know is rather low. In the hopes of improving this situation, I advance the hypothesis that one reason that individuals do not vote is that their interests are not represented by any of the major candidates. To test this hypothesis, I used the SRC election studies (1968-1980) to construct measures of individuals' perceived distance from the major candidates on a variety of issues. Net of an extensive set of factors usually invoked to explain participation, increased distance from candidates significantly decreases the probability of voting. The implications of these results are discussed.

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  • Zipp, John F., 1985. "Perceived Representativess and Voting: An Assessment of the Impact of “Choices” vs. “Echoes”," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 79(1), pages 50-61, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:79:y:1985:i:01:p:50-61_22
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