The purpose of this guide is to describe primary election changes, clarify some of the questions people ask about primaries, and help readers understand the primaries' role in choosing the president in 1976. Primaries in 1976 differ in three important respects; the number of states that hold primaries has increased substantially, the rules used to…

This analysis of the impact of the student vote in the June 1974 primary election is one in a series of reports, and represents the University of California Student Lobby's continuing effort to provide information on the voting behavior of students. Student voting patterns in contested statewide and local races were examined, along with voter…

Coalitions and vote-trading probabilities exist as ways by which the political process reduces conflict and takes account of intensities of minority preferences. By creating matrices of voters and issues, all possible winning coalition patterns were specified and the probabilities within each case were calculated. A preference vector for each…

This research examines the influences of urbanization, of social diversity within congressional districts, and of voter turnout on competition in U.S. elections. (Author/RM)

Investigates the relationship between television dependency and support for Wallace in the 1968 election campaign. (MH)

Describes a study designed to test assumptions, held by opponents of multilingual election ballots, about language acquisition and acculturation, particularly regarding Chinese immigrants. Data revealed that most immigrants understand the importance of learning English, but second language acquisition is especially difficult for some. Offers…

Claims that pre-election polls provide newsworthy checks on the validity of the polling process itself, but that pollsters and the media often prefer to avoid such checks and blame any ambiguity in the results on the percentage of undecided respondents. Argues that pre-election polls should be presented so that straightforward comparisons can be…

Considers the impact of empirical social science methodology and data analysis techniques on the process of historical analysis and its product, generalizations about the past. Uses political preference and voting information as a vehicle to illustrate the differences in historical conclusions reached by Lee Benson and J. Morgan Kousser. (JDH)

Political parties in Chile of both the left and right have focused more on drawing women into their ideologies than on considering what political issues mean to women. A look at feminist thought shows how political life for women includes not only the traditional political arena but also domestic life. (IS)

The Rokeach free-equality model of political idealogies was explored within the context of the 1968 American presidential campaign. The data were interpreted as indicating that the basic value dimension in American political life is an equalitarian one, with variations ranging from democratic socialist to capitalist. (Author/JB)

Traces New Jersey Public Law 1972, Chapter 81, Bill S-992, granting adult status to 18-year-olds as an example of the legislative process in the State Legislature. (DS)

Political activism cannot be explained in terms of the socio-economic characteristics of the participants; rather, demonstrators can best be distinguished in terms of their alienation from the political system, i.e., their lack of confidence in it. (Author)

Author suggests objectives and procedures for launching an election unit as an introduction to politics for fifth and sixth graders. (NL)

Roscoe C. Martin's The Municipal Electorate: A Case Study," 1933, is reviewed and reprinted as a major contribution to empirically based political science (an analysis of the socioeconomic and institutional factors affecting state and local elections using survey methodology). A critique by Martin is also included. (SE)