Book review: On voter competence

Walker, Lorna (2013) Book review: On voter competence. LSE Review of Books (24 Apr 2013). Website.

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A half century of research shows that most citizens are shockingly uninformed about public affairs, liberal-conservative ideologies, and the issues of the day. This has led most scholars to condemn typical voters and to conclude that policy voting lies beyond their reach. On Voter Competence breaks sharply from this view, with author Paul Goren providing analysis of opinion data from the past six presidential elections. Lorna Walker writes that this book challenges some aspects of the negative view of American voters, it by no means exonerates them on the charge of incompetence.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2013 LSE Review of Books
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Date Deposited:	23 Sep 2013 14:02
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 18:51
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/52960

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