The names of 1,887 Spanish surnamed elected officials are listed alphabetically by State, county, and city. (NQ)

Data were collected from 93 journalism students before and after the 1978 Ohio gubernatorial election to determine how selectivity in exposure to information was influenced by information utility, fatalism (locus of control), past history of reinforcement, and political party identification. Results showed that past history of reinforcement and…

A study was designed to investigate the consequences of various coding strategies on the semantic differential as a function of responses to an ideal source in the prediction of overall credibility and homophily. The study was also intended to provide additional evidence for the disconfirmation of the underlying extremity assumption of the…

This paper examines the political outlooks of high school teachers and parents of a randomly selected national sample of 1965 high school seniors. Correlations between teacher-parent pairs show very modest strength or direct agreement between the two socialization agents, although there are negative relationships on any measure. (Author/RM)

Outlines the strategic setting of the 1988 U.S. presidential election, highlights what is at stake for each party, and considers those political issues that may affect its outcome. Examines domestic and foreign policy issues, stressing those that affect two key groups: northern workers and "have not/have little" white Southerners. (GEA)

Broadening the investigation of Mexico's Porfirian political elite, the study examines the education, professional training, and alternatives to formal education of 70 Union Liberal delegates. The delegates represent a microcosm of the political leaders of the middle Porfirian period. The article also discusses the formation of the Union Liberal.…

Reveals that identification as a liberal publication was a significant factor in media treatment of Jackson's candidacy in only one of nine comparisons, while identification as a conservative publication was a factor in only three of nine. The most important independent factor was the identification of the publication as a newspaper. (FL)

Tests competing hypotheses about the relationship between general political orientation and differences in cognitive functioning. Finds that a direct relationship between right-wing orientation and closed cognitive constructs best fits the data. Notes that these findings contradict other recent studies that support a curvilinear relationship…

The "end of ideology" was declared by social scientists in the aftermath of World War II. They argued that: (1) ordinary citizens' political attitudes lack the kind of stability, consistency, and constraint that ideology requires; (2) ideological constructs such as liberalism and conservatism lack motivational potency and behavioral…

In this article, the author talks about the Shays-Farrell race as one of three closely watched contests in Connecticut that could help determine control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the midterm elections November 7. U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays, a Republican, and Diane Farrell, a Democratic, are the candidates for the state's 4th…

Findings from a study that examined the effects of partisanism on suburban school board elections in Canada are presented in this paper. The study focused on the effects of formal political parties and more loosely organized political slates on political aggregation in school board elections. Questionnaires were completed by 11 partisan school…

A study investigated the political socialization patterns of politically active vocational educators. Six groups of vocational educators were examined: agriculture education teacher educators, agriculture administrators, home economics teacher educators, home economics administrators, trade and industrial education teacher educators, and trade and…

The selected papers presented in this document include topics on normal schools in Wisconsin and Minnesota, George S. Counts, and segregated schooling in Kansas. "Wisconsin Normal Schools and the Educational Hierarchy, 1860-1890" (J. Wasserman) describes the struggle of normal schools to be perceived as teacher training institutions…

This report deals with testimony from delegates to the 1981 White House Conference on Aging and contains the delegates' and observers' evaluations of the conference and their recommendations. The statements provided include those of the conference director and other staff members and representatives from the audience who describe the planning of…