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The argument that political science research should incorporate measures of political context is illustrated through a discussion of the effects of political culture on political behavior in the US. The utility of using culture to account for political mobilization processes as reported in recent studies is discussed. Measures of political culture can help explain both differences between states & variations within a state in political mobilization processes. 15 References. Modified HA

The use of polls in presidential campaigns has received considerable attention in both the news media and in academic studies, but the use of survey research in political campaigns for other offices has received substantially less attention. This article examines the extent to which surveys are used, the types that are employed, and their uses in campaigns for offices other than the presidency.

This article examines the relationship of election administration procedures, sociodemographic characteristics of the citizens, attitudes, and election situation characteristics to voter turnout in three midterm congressional elections. Turnout is consistently related to certain attitudinal and social characteristics in all three elections, while others vary in their association with turnout. Election administration procedures are of limited importance in accounting for turnout, while some of the electoral context variables have a significant impact on voting participation patterns.

The nature of the association between 5 aspects of individual pol'al behavior in a non-partisan local election & the independent variables of party identification, strength of party identification, SC, community commitment, & candidate orientation are examined. The 5 facets of individual pol'al behavior studied are perception of city problems, perception of issues in the campaign, interest in the campaign, voting turnout, & direction of the vote. Data used in the analysis was collected subsequent to a city election in a suburb of Washington, DC through personal interviews with a random sample of eligible voters. Direction of the vote was found to be related to candidate acquaintance, party identification, & SC. Voting turnout was associated with the number of campaign contacts received & the perception of issues in the campaign. Perception of city problems was related to degree of community commitment, SC & party identification, with Republicans more frequently perceiving problems. Degree of campaign interest was related to party identification. Diff's in findings between this & other studies may be a function of diff's in the pol'al, econ, & soc environments. AA.