From 2c007c210ce9e7cb1113165563b9c5cda20b0831 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Holden Rohrer Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 11:50:43 -0500 Subject: watched Nov 2 INTA lecture --- rich/30_voters | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) create mode 100644 rich/30_voters (limited to 'rich/30_voters') diff --git a/rich/30_voters b/rich/30_voters new file mode 100644 index 0000000..36329a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/rich/30_voters @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +How do voters choose their candidates? +- Psychologically: + - Party identification + - Some people vote Dem every year + - Some people vote Rep every year + - Some people say they're Independent but are on party lines + - Perception of the candidate + - Hate/love a candidate; actually turn out because to vote for + or sometimes against. + - Issue Preference (most rational choice, less common) + - Esp. in this election, perceptions can override voters who + usually vote this way when the candidate is polarizing + - Works best for very ideologically focused candidates. +V.O. Key on why voters vote how they do + - Victory is "Voice of the people is an echo" + - Voters say/represent what you want to hear. + - "Voters are not fools." They are "rationally and + responsibly...moved by concern about central and relevant + questions." + - Argues that, in the US at least, *everyone* is an issue preference + voter. +But, for ex., the Exit Polls in 2004 actually had Terrorism/Iraq as a +swing issue between Bush and Kerry. +This is an obviously irrational central issue, because those that ranked +lower, healthcare, education, taxes, affect far more people. + +- Because elections are so expensive, often electability is more + important than fitness. +- Does high turnout really make a healthy democracy? +- Well, democracies are sometimes made more healthy by intangible + freedoms like of the press, speech, assembly. -- cgit