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How Voters Decide

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  • 16 tables
  • Page extent: 366 pages
  • Size: 228 x 152 mm
  • Weight: 0.499 kg

Paperback

 (ISBN-13: 9780521613064 | ISBN-10: 052161306X)




Contents

List of Tables and Figures page xi
Acknowledgments xv
I. Theory and Methods  
1   Introduction 3
2   A New Theory of Voter Decision Making 21
3   Studying Voting as a Process 47
4   What Is Correct Voting? 72
II. Information Processing  
5   What Voters Do – A First Cut 93
6   Individual Differences in Information Processing 119
7   Campaign Effects on Information Processing 135
III. Politics  
8   Evaluating Candidates 157
9   Voting 184
10   Voting Correctly 202
11   Political Heuristics 229
IV. Conclusion  
12   A Look Back and a Look Forward 255
Appendix A   Detailed Examples of Decision Strategies in Action 265
Appendix B   How the Dynamic Information Board Works 279
Appendix C   Overview of Experimental Procedures 287
Appendix D   Detailed Decision Scripts 299
Appendix E   Calculating the On-line Evaluation Counter 307
References 313
Index 335

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