Results of this study revealed that academicians followed same patterns as the remainder of the voters, but there were variations in the predominant patterns of switch voting. (JB)

This study demonstrates that those who, in social surveys, misreport their voting behavior in presidential elections are, attitudinally and demographically, similar to validated voters. It also shows how error arising from such misreporting may have biased prior research on nonvoters and on the voting behavior of Blacks and young people.…

Using roll call votes on the Equal Rights Amendment as a data base, this study found that women legislators responded to voting cues provided by their political parties. In this respect, they emulated the behavior of their male colleagues by paying allegiance to the party line. (Author/RM)

A comparative study of ethnic minority cohesiveness and distinctiveness in southern state legislatures found that the addition of minority ethnic members to the lower legislative bodies of Texas, South Carolina, and Louisiana has resulted in the formation of the relatively (but not completely) cohesive voting group of minority members. (Author/RM)

This research examines the influences of urbanization, of social diversity within congressional districts, and of voter turnout on competition in U.S. elections. (Author/RM)

In a modified replication of the Miller-Stokes study, constituents from two Oklahoma congressional districts were interviewed to see how well they could identify the names of their members of congress and their stands on five issues. Results showed that participants were more politically informed than the Miller-Stokes study would have predicted.…

Survey data from recent (1980) samples of workers in Venezuela and from Mexico showed that the greater the array of viable choice available to the discontented potential voter, the more likely that the discontented individual will use the electoral arena to register his/her views and the less likely that nonvoting will be chosen as a vehicle for…

Fourteen states were examined with time-series regression analysis from 1946 to 1980. The analysis determined that unemployment and inflation do not adversely affect the incumbent party's vote for governor. These findings contrast with economic effects found at the congressional and presidential levels. (Author)

Voter participation in Florida school board elections is much higher than in states where reforms were instituted in the early twentieth century to depoliticize local educational governance. These reforms served to repress participation in local elections. (Author/IS)

The decline in voting participation in American presidential elections since 1960 is also characteristic of both congressional off-year and gubernatorial elections. But the rate of decline varies greatly among the various states. Demographic variables explain only a few of these differences. Some possible explanations are presented. (Author/RM)

Arkansas passed a law requiring Bible reading in public schools in 1930, two years after passing an antievolution act. Votes on both measures, which were the result of initiatives, are compared to explain the forces that produced them. The source of support of fundamentalism is traditional southern religious attitudes. (Author/IS)

Asserts that majority rule in a democratic society follows a cyclical pattern. Discusses the paradox between the concept of majority rule and protection of the rights of voting minorities. Compares the difficulty of achieving democracy to that of achieving justice through jury trials. (CFR)

Examines the effect that the presence of national elections has on government respect for a category of human rights known as physical integrity rights. Analyzes 74 countries at three points in time (1981, 1984, and 1987). Finds that the presence of national elections has no effect on government respect for physical integrity rights. (CMK)