Causes of split ticket voting
- Created by: cat_ej
- Created on: 18-04-18 10:03
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- Causes of split ticket voting
- Cognitive Madison-ianism
- splitting the ticket on purpose to create checks and balances and limit government
- In the cold war many voters wanted a stronger defense policy but liberal social policies
- splitting the ticket on purpose to create checks and balances and limit government
- Partisan De-Alignment
- Vote for candidates not parties
- West Virginia: 2012 Manchin- 61% Obama- 35%
- Vote for candidates not parties
- Balancing theory
- All parties are too extreme so balance helps
- 1988- Bush v Dukakis: 25% of people split their ticket because they thought both were too extreme
- All parties are too extreme so balance helps
- Separation theory
- voters like different parties for different reasons
- Elections in the US are more issue- and candidate- orientated
- voters like different parties for different reasons
- Incumbency factor
- voters are more likely to vote for incumbent politicians 'pork barrelling'
- Cognitive Madison-ianism
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