The Fundamental Voter: American Electoral Democracy, 1952-2020

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John H. Aldrich (Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science, Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science, Duke University) Suhyen Bae (PhD Candidate, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, Duke University)

The Fundamental Voter

American Electoral Democracy, 1952-2020

John H. Aldrich (Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science, Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science, Duke University), Suhyen Bae (PhD Candidate, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, Duke University), Bailey K. Sanders (Associate, Associate, McDermott Will and Emery, LLP)

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Oxford University Press Inc
20 October 2024

Comparative politics; Elections & referenda; Public opinion & polls

Why is American politics so intense and emotionally competitive today, and how did we get here? In The Fundamental Voter, John H. Aldrich, Suhyen Bae, and Bailey K. Sanders explain why the notion that we are divided into tribal loyalties is, at best, only partially correct, and discuss how the divisions rest on much more substantive politics than they once did.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the American public based voting primarily on partisan loyalties. Landslide presidential elections were once common, but over the last forty years, they have converged to very closely contested elections. Congressional elections were increasingly incumbent centered before 1984 and decreasingly so afterward. These changes reflect the changing nature of fundamental forces that shape the public's electoral opinions and voting behavior. From a single such fundamental, partisan identification, the electorate now rests on five fundamental forces: party, ideology, issues, race, and economics.

Since the 1980s, these fundamentals have grown increasingly important and increasingly aligned, such that voters are now sorted into two increasingly bitterly divided sides. Believing that the other side is on the wrong side of nearly everything of political relevance, voters, like officials, have come to deeply dislike the opposition, a state of affairs that threatens to undermine the stability of democratic institutions in the United States.

By: John H. Aldrich (Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science Duke University), Suhyen Bae (PhD Candidate, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, Duke University), Bailey K. Sanders (Associate, Associate, McDermott Will and Emery, LLP)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 900g
ISBN: 9780197745489
ISBN 10: 0197745482
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 20 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

John H. Aldrich is Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science at Duke University. He specializes in American and comparative politics and behavior, formal theory, and methodology. Aldrich is the author or coauthor of Why Parties, Why Parties Matter, Before the Convention, Interdisciplinarity, and Change and Continuity in the 2020 and 2022 Elections. He is past President of the Southern Political Science Association, the Midwest Political Science Association, and the American Political Science Association. Suhyen Bae is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science, Duke University. Her research examines the political consequences of social connections, especially on loneliness and social isolation in American and comparative contexts. Bae has published in peer-reviewed journals and was the editor of and contributor to the book Khop Jai Laos and the academic web-magazine on Latin America, TransLatin, published in Korea. Bailey K. Sanders, PhD, JD,Âis a visiting assistant professor at the Duke University School of Law.ÂHer research focuses on women's representation in politics and the judiciary, as well as the ways in which market competition advances gender equality. Sanders has published in ÂLegislative Studies Quarterly, Perspectives on PoliticsÂ(with Danielle Thomsen), The Connecticut Public Interest Law JournalÂ(with Jane Wettach), and theÂUCLA Journal of Gender and Law. Her work is forthcoming at the Journal of Law and CourtsÂand the Columbia Journal of Gender and Law.