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Showing posts with label Voting Behavior. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Voting Behavior. Show all posts
Thursday, October 27, 2016

From the Chronicle of Higher Education: Ballot Pox - It's time to stop pretending that there's such a thing as a rational voter

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This supplements recent conversations we've been having about what drives people to vote. It also suggests that Trump's success will...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

From the Atlantic: Millennials' Political Views Don't Make Any Sense

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Something to chew on in class today. Younger folks are full of paradoxes and conflicting viewpoints it seems. Aren't we all? - Click her...
Friday, October 26, 2012

From TNR: Romney Has Historic Lead Among White Voters

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Building off a post below, the New Republic looks at polling data detailing the racial gap in the electorate.
Monday, October 24, 2011

Will Voters Punish Republicans for Killing the Jobs Bill?

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Probably not . Presidents get the blame for the economy.
Saturday, August 27, 2011

From Andrew Gelman: Economic Divisions and Political Polarization in Red and Blue America

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A brief study exploring the difference in voting behavior between the rich and the poor .
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The Morality of Political Ignorance

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A great post from the Volokh Conspiracy. Is political ignorance moral? Despite the fact that voters have only a small chance of ever making ...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Voting Patterns by Income Category

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From the Daily Dish , drawing from Andrew Gelman : Based on exit poll data from the 2010 election.
Sunday, October 24, 2010

How Will Vote This November?

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From the Huffington Post :
Monday, June 7, 2010

Do Pollsters Know How to Correctly Determine Who the Likely Voters Are?

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Maybe not .
Thursday, January 21, 2010

Is Obama Losing White Voters?

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Ronald Brownstein says yes .
Thursday, April 30, 2009

Racial Voting Gap Closing

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The times they are a-changing : The long-standing gap between blacks and whites in voter participation evaporated in the presidential electi...
Friday, November 21, 2008

Harris County Precint Level Analysis

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Some interesting work by Charles Kuffner .
Thursday, November 6, 2008

Obama and the Youth Vote

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Apparently it made the difference in the election : Had the Democratic 18-29 vote stayed the same as 2004's already impressive percentag...
Thursday, October 30, 2008

Meet the Millenials

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Why are the young so fresh? So different?
Saturday, October 11, 2008

More on the Bradley Effect

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In response to inquiries from certain special students--or student ;)--here is a Gallup Poll story related to their attempt to determine whe...
Sunday, October 5, 2008

The Economy's Impact on the Election

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In 2002 and 2004 it was fairly easy to call the elections for Republican candidates. All things equal, when security -- or foreign affairs i...
Thursday, September 11, 2008

The Youth Vote

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Will it really make a difference? Will young voters actually turn out in sufficient number (probably for Obama ) and influence the election...
Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Did the Republicans Have an Impact on the Democratic Party Outcome?

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The big question regarding the Democratic turnout and Clinton's win in Texas is whether it was due to crossover votes by Republicans. Li...
Saturday, January 19, 2008

How Voters Think

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That's the title of a great column today by David Brooks . It brings to the discussion of the current crazy primary season recent theor...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Political Efficacy

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An interesting dialogue between Jordan and Jan has kicked up and hope they both continue, with help from some of you. Jordan states the foll...