An outline of the French electoral system covers the voters and their voting rights, assembly seats and candidates, political campaigning, allocation of assembly seats, balloting system, and recent coalitions. Election results for a bibliography are appended. (MSE)

Discusses reasons for student newspaper coverage of national elections. Lists 11 things the newspaper staff can do to keep students informed. (RL)

The transition from "ethnic politics" to the "politics of ethnicity" is discussed. (Author/RLV)

Data suggest that voters did recognize the implications of substantial reductions in government expenditures in Proposition 13 and voted to tolerate them. Journal availability: see EA 511 898. (Author/IRT)

Comments upon selected literature and data sources that are illustrative of such interdisciplinary areas as political psychology, propaganda, election and voting behavior, public opinion polls, and election statistics. (Author)

A study of undecided voters in the 1976 political campaign indicates that they were neither inattentive nor apathetic. Only two characteristics distinguished decided from undecided voters: frequency of discussing the candidates and viewing national network television news. (JMF)

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The balloting procedure whereby candidates are assigned points based upon each voter's ranking can frequently lead to a winner who is not the choice of the majority. The history of the research for a perfect, logical, democratic balloting rule is traced. "Approval voting" is explained. (Author/MLW)

Discusses the grounds for political obligation, adapting John Searle's argument about 'promising' to the case of voting. Presents a method for citizenship education which specifies a path to political obligation based upon participation. Concludes that participation, specifically voting, leads to political obligation. (GEA)

Finds that election surveys, expert opinions, and man-in-the-street interviews have about the same amount of impact on candidate preferences. (SR)

Finds that voters who ascribed an ethical interpretation to issues were more likely to use a noncompensatory decision-making strategy, which focuses on one or two key issues in the decision-making process, than voters who ascribed a societal interpretation to issues. (SR)

Draws on the concept (from women's studies) of privilege as a way of understanding the opposition of "The Revolution" (Elizabeth Cady Stanton's and Susan B. Anthony's newspaper) to enfranchisement of African American men. Discusses historiographical issues. (SR)

Discusses the attempts and difficulties of providing voter education to rural communities in South Africa. (MKR)

Uses a pretest/posttest design to assess more subtle effects of watching a 2000 presidential debate on attitudes and vote intention among undergraduate students. Notes that leadership and overall policy stance became more important factors in vote choice after watching the debate. Demonstrates a variety of potentially important effects of watching…

We describe a theory of legislative logic. This logic is based on the observation that each succeeding stage of the legislative process has increasingly stringent rules and becomes more consequential. This logic unevenly distributes the influence of social movements across the legislative process. Social movements should have less influence at…