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The Reasoning Voter

Communication and Persuasion in Presidential Campaigns

Samuel L Popkin author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:The University of Chicago Press

Published:1st Sep '91

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The Reasoning Voter is an insider's look at campaigns, candidates, media, and voters that convincingly argues that voters make informed logical choices. Samuel L. Popkin analyzes three primary campaigns--Carter in 1976; Bush and Reagan in 1980; and Hart, Mondale, and Jackson in 1984--to arrive at a new model of the way voters sort through commercials and sound bites to choose a candidate. Drawing on insights from economics and cognitive psychology, he convincingly demonstrates that, as trivial as campaigns often appear, they provide voters with a surprising amount of information on a candidate's views and skills. For all their shortcomings, campaigns do matter.

ISBN: 9780226675442

Dimensions: 23mm x 16mm x 2mm

Weight: 539g

332 pages