Journal article
Friends and Neighbors Voting in Statewide General Elections
American journal of political science, Vol.31(2), pp.448-452
05/1987
DOI: 10.2307/2111084
Abstract
In this brief paper we test V. O. Key's (1949) notion of "friends and neighbors" voting. Gubernatorial and senatorial general election candidates from 46 states over the 1976 to 1982 period were examined and results indicate the average candidate polled 3.66 percentage points more of the general election vote in his or her "home county" than another candidate from the same party but different county could have expected to garner. Further, this home county advantage is maximized in Democratic nonincumbent candidates from less populated counties.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Friends and Neighbors Voting in Statewide General Elections
- Creators
- Tom W RiceAlisa A Macht
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of political science, Vol.31(2), pp.448-452
- DOI
- 10.2307/2111084
- ISSN
- 0092-5853
- eISSN
- 1540-5907
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/1987
- Academic Unit
- Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983988984502771
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