LEADER 05221nam 2200769 450 001 9910453752403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-691-13393-X 010 $a1-4008-4945-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400849451 035 $a(CKB)2550000001130559 035 $a(OCoLC)861200094 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10782433 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001037301 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12404546 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001037301 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11042855 035 $a(PQKB)11452525 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1422531 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37238 035 $a(DE-B1597)447893 035 $a(OCoLC)1013951926 035 $a(OCoLC)922665709 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400849451 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1422531 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10782433 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL530370 035 $a(OCoLC)922907136 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001130559 100 $a20050427h20052005 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPopular efficacy in the democratic era $ea reexamination of electoral accountability in the United States, 1828-2000 /$fPeter F. Nardulli 205 $aCourse Book 210 1$aPrinceton :$cPrinceton University Press,$d[2005] 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (284 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-691-12285-7 311 $a1-299-99119-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPREFACE -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tCHAPTER ONE. Democracy, Popular Efficacy, and the Electoral Arena -- $tCHAPTER TWO. Democratic Citizenship, Democratic Citizens, and Mass-Elite Linkages -- $tCHAPTER THREE. Exogenous Events, Evaluations of Stewardship, and Citizens' Normal Voting Behavior -- $tCHAPTER FOUR. Endogenous Influences and the Evaluative Capacities of Democratic Citizens -- $tCHAPTER FIVE. Conceptual and Methodological Foundations for a Reexamination of Popular Efficacy -- $tCHAPTER SIX. The Roots of Partisanship: Party Elites, Exogenous Groups, and Electoral Bases -- $tCHAPTER SEVEN. Partisan Realignments and Electoral Independence: The Incidence, Distribution, and Magnitude of Enduring Electoral Change -- $tCHAPTER EIGHT. Electoral Perturbations and Electoral Independence: Stewardship, Partisanship, and Accountability -- $tCHAPTER NINE. The Electoral Impact of Departures from Normal Voting Patterns: Electoral Jolts and the Aspirations of Political Elites -- $tCHAPTER TEN. Popular Efficacy in the Democratic Era -- $tINDEX 330 $aSocial scientists have long criticized American voters for being "unsophisticated" in the way they acquire and use political information. The low level of political sophistication leaves them vulnerable to manipulation by political "elites," whose sway over voters is deemed incontrovertible and often decisive. In this book, Peter Nardulli challenges the conventional wisdom that citizens are "manageable fools," with little capacity to exercise independent judgment in the voting booth. Rather, he argues, voters are eminently capable of playing an efficacious role in democratic politics and of routinely demonstrating the ability to evaluate competing stewards in a discriminating manner. Nardulli's book offers a cognitively based model of voting and uses a normal vote approach to analyzing local-level election returns. It examines the entire sweep of United States presidential elections in the democratic era (1828 to 2000), making it the most encompassing empirical analysis of presidential voting to date. Nardulli's analysis separates presidential elections into three categories: those that produce a major, enduring change in voting patterns, those that represent a short-term deviation from prevailing voting patterns, and those in which the dominant party receives a resounding endorsement from the electorate. These "disequilibrating" elections have been routine in American electoral history, particularly after the adoption of the Progressive-Era reforms. Popular Efficacy in the Democratic Era provides a dramatically different picture of mass-elite linkages than most prior studies of American democracy, and an image of voters as being neither foolish nor manageable. Moreover, it shows why party elites must take proactive steps to provide for the core political desires of voters. 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xElection$xHistory 606 $aVoting$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aPolitical participation$zUnited States 606 $aSocial classes$zUnited States 606 $aDemocracy$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPresidents$xElection$xHistory. 615 0$aVoting$xHistory. 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aSocial classes 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a324.973 676 $a24.973 700 $aNardulli$b Peter F$0888239 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453752403321 996 $aPopular efficacy in the democratic era$92471014 997 $aUNINA