Aufsatz(gedruckt)1993

IDEOLOGY AND CANDIDATE EVALUATION

In: Public choice, Band 76, Heft 1, S. 59-78

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Abstract

HOW DOES THE EXPRESSED POLITICAL IDEOLOGY OF VOTERS INFLUENCE THEIR EVALUATION OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES? THE CLASSIC ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS PROVIDED BY THE SPATIAL THEORY OF ELECTORAL CHOICE IN WHICH UTILITY FOR A CANDIDATE IS A FUNCTION OF THE PROXIMITY BETWEEN THE VOTER AND CANDIDATE POSITIONS ON THE LIBERAL-CONSERVATIVE CONTINUUM. THE AUTHORS HAVE ARGUED ELSEWHERE THAT SPATIAL THEORY, WHILE INTELLECTUALLY APPEALING, IS INADEQUATE AS AN EMPIRICAL MODEL OF MASS BEHAVIOR. THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A DIRECTIONAL THEORY OF ISSUE VOTING THAT WE BELIEVE PROVIDES A MORE REALISTIC ACCOUNTING O HOW SPECIFIC POLICY ISSUES INFLUENCE UTILITY FOR A CANDIDATE. DIRECTIONAL THEORY IS BASED ON THE VIEW THAT FOR MOST VOTERS ISSUES ARE UNDERSTOOD AS A DICHOTOMOUS CHOICE BETWEEN TWO ALTERNATIVE POSITIONS. WHILE IDEOLOGY IS WIDEL UNDERSTOOD AS A CONTINUUM OF POSITIONS, THE DIRECTIONAL MODEL CAN BE APPLIED TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IDEOLOGY AND CANDIDATE EVALUATION. IN THIS PAPER THEY COMPARE THE TOW THEORIES USING NATIONAL ELECTION STUDY DATA FROM 1972 TO 1988. THE RESULTS TEND TO FACTOR THE DIRECTIONAL MODEL OVER THE TRADITIONAL PROXIMITY MODEL. WE CONCLUDE BY BRIEFLY TRACING OUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS FINDING.

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