Examines the effect of mass media use on political party loyalty. Invalidates the floating-voter hypothesis which suggests that heavy consumption of political information through the media should be associated with higher levels of party loyalty. (JMF)

This article reports that the Political Action Committee of the New Jersey Education Association has voted to support the Carter/Mondale ticket in the 1980 presidential election. As justification, it lists Carter's and Reagan's views on educational and social issues of concern to educators. (SJL)

Secondary analysis of data pooled from 56 Gallup Polls conducted between November 1968 and November 1972 is used to study some aspects of the acculturation of Southern Jews. Information is provided for three topics: the demographic characteristics of Southern Jews; their political behavior; and their participation in organized religious life.…

Contrasts the ritual forms of the two major political nominating conventions in 1976. The Democrats played upon the theme of unity, the Republicans upon the theme of conflict, as each sought legitimation of the party and its chosen leader. (JMF)

In collaboration with the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Catalyst Ohio, the FDR Group conducted a telephone survey of 1,002 randomly selected Ohio residents between April 1 and April 9, 2009 (margin of error +/- 3 percentage points). The survey--the third in a series--reports Ohioans' views on critical education issues, including school funding,…

Findings based on results from a rating scale of political leaning administered to students and non-students showed that students obtained a mean score close to the scale's absolute center while non-students made significantly more conservative scores. (Author/KM)

Time of final vote decision in a national presidential election campaign was explored as the dependent variable in a media effects study conducted earlier as part of the National Election Study of 1980. Political identity, a new measure of partisanship and independence known as the Partisan Supporter Typology, was used as an important contingent…

Explores correlates of legislator voting on educational legislation and the degree to which education issues are unidimensional. Differences in partisan affiliation, constituency, and personal background are examined as major explanatory factors for voting variations. (Author)

Findings of a questionnaire evaluating students' positions toward foreign policy issues indicate that there is a strong predisposition for students to see their own attitudes as similar to those of their instructors. (Author/KSM)

The pattern of Chicano political representation in the territorial and state legislatures of California, Colorado, and New Mexico was examined. (NQ)

The article describes the context of Chicano political life, empirically tests the validity of the description through an analysis of Chicano and Anglo voting patterns in El Paso (Texas), and discusses the implications of the findings presented. (NQ)

The purpose of this guide is to describe primary election changes, clarify some of the questions people ask about primaries, and help readers understand the primaries' role in choosing the president in 1976. Primaries in 1976 differ in three important respects; the number of states that hold primaries has increased substantially, the rules used to…

The author examines the political affiliation of German women with the past Nazi party before 1933. He discusses why German women supported the anti-feminist Nazi group which showed open contempt for women. (Author/RM)

Examines George S. Schuyler's life and his autobiography, "Black and Conservative"; concludes that Schuyler was a unique example of a Black intellectual who struggled with the race issue for years only to emerge as a reactionary who refused to recognize race as an issue. (GW)

The First and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee that high school students may form political clubs. Such clubs should be recognized by the school unless they prevent others from learning, interrupt class, or violate valid school rules. (Author/IRT)