LEADER 03933oam 2200661zu 450 001 9910495953903321 005 20240110232513.0 010 $a0-520-91223-3 010 $a0-585-31000-9 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520912236 035 $a(CKB)111054828785004 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000207662 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12030412 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000207662 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10237182 035 $a(PQKB)11600078 035 $a(DE-B1597)648386 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520912236 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111054828785004 100 $a20160829d1992 uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe myth of the independent voter /$fBruce E. Keith, David B. Magleby, Candice J. Nelson, Elizabeth Orr, Mark C. Westlye, and Raymond E. Wolfinger 210 31$a[Place of publication not identified]$cUniversity of California Press$d1992 215 $a1 online resource (244 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-520-07720-2 311 $a0-520-03688-3 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tFigures --$tTables --$tPreface --$t1 Partisanship and Independence --$t2 Partisan Shifts among Blacks and Southerners --$t3 The Civic Virtue of Partisans and Independents --$t4 How Independents Vote --$t5 Partisans or Independents? --$t6 Age, Education, and Dealignment --$t7 Issues and Dealignment --$t8 Alienation and Independence --$t9 Alternatives --$t10 Conclusions --$tAppendix: Items in the National Election Studies Alienation Indexes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aFew events in American politics over the past two decades have generated more attention than the increasing number of voters calling themselves Independent. By the early 1970s Independents outnumbered Republicans, according to many eminent experts on voting behavior. Yet the authors of this incisive new commentary on American politics claim that most of this widespread speculation on declining party affiliation is simply wrong. They contend that most so-called Independents lean strongly toward one of the two parties and resemble-in all important respects-either Democrats or Republicans. Contrary to expert opinion, only a small segment of voters are truly "independent" of either major party.Based on the most up-to-date 1990 data, The Myth of the Independent Voter provides a roadmap of the political arena for the general reader and scholar alike. Debunking conventional wisdom about voting patterns and allaying recent concerns about electoral stability and possible third party movements, the authors uncover faulty polling practices that have resulted in a skewed sense of the American voting population.Demonstrating that most of what has been written about Independents for more than thirty years is myth, this challenging book offers a trenchant new understanding of the party system, voting behavior, and public opinion. 606 $aParty affiliation$zUnited States 606 $aPolitical parties$zUnited States 606 $aVoting$zUnited States 606 $aPolitical Rights - U.S$2HILCC 606 $aGovernment - U.S$2HILCC 606 $aLaw, Politics & Government$2HILCC 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989 615 0$aParty affiliation 615 0$aPolitical parties 615 0$aVoting 615 7$aPolitical Rights - U.S. 615 7$aGovernment - U.S. 615 7$aLaw, Politics & Government 676 $a324.973 700 $aKeith$b Bruce E$01460701 702 $aMagleby$b David B 702 $aNelson$b Candice J.$f1949- 702 $aOrr$b Elizabeth 702 $aWestlye$b Mark Christopher 702 $aWolfinger Raymond E 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910495953903321 996 $aThe myth of the independent voter$93660673 997 $aUNINA