Journal article
The hometown advantage: Mobilization or conversion?
Political behavior, Vol.9(3), pp.257-262
1987
DOI: 10.1007/BF00988615
Abstract
A number of scholars, beginning with Key (1949), have documented the existence of friends and neighbors voting. In this paper we carry the investigation further, examining how the hometown advantage is constructed. A review of 1982 gubernatorial data suggests that the hometown edge is often a product of two forces: new voters being mobilized in support of the local candidate, and regular voters traditionally loyal to candidates from another party being converted to cast ballots for the hometown hopeful.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The hometown advantage: Mobilization or conversion?
- Creators
- Tom W RiceAlisa A Macht
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Political behavior, Vol.9(3), pp.257-262
- DOI
- 10.1007/BF00988615
- ISSN
- 0190-9320
- eISSN
- 1573-6687
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1987
- Academic Unit
- Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983989288002771
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