When a lack of passion intertwines with thought and action: Neutral feelings about COVID-19 are associated with U.S. presidential candidate attitudes and voting behavior.

AbstractTo what extent do presidential candidates influence voting in mixed member legislative elections? A sizable literature addresses presidential–legislative coattail effects in the American context, with less attention given to this interaction in non-Western democracies. Nor is the role of past voting behavior adequately assessed in the literature. Taiwan's historic 2016 election allows for an analysis of the extent in which the popularity of presidential candidates influences coattail voting in the more complex electoral environment of two-vote mixed legislative systems. Evidence finds that, controlling for partisanship and previous voting behavior, voters who supported a presidential candidate were more likely to also support the party's legislative candidates, although this influence is stronger in regards to Democratic Progressive Party's Tsai Ing-wen.

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The role of attitude importance in social evaluation: A study of policy preferences, presidential candidate evaluations, and voting behavior.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ◽

10.1037/0022-3514.55.2.196 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 55 (2) ◽

pp. 196-210 ◽

Cited By ~ 227

Author(s):

Jon A. Krosnick

Keyword(s):

Voting Behavior ◽

Policy Preferences ◽

Presidential Candidate ◽

Social Evaluation ◽

Attitude Importance ◽

Candidate Evaluations

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Religion and Presidential Politics, 1980

Worldview ◽

10.1017/s0084255900051329 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 22 (11) ◽

pp. 11-14

Author(s):

Albert J. Menendez

Keyword(s):

New Mexico ◽

North Dakota ◽

Voting Behavior ◽

Presidential Candidate ◽

Presidential Politics ◽

Secular Age ◽

Democratic Presidential Candidate

In this presumably secular age it may astound many people that religion is still one of the primary components of voting behavior. But how else can one explain facts such as these: German Catholic communities in North Dakota gave Kennedy over 90 per cent of their votes but gave Stevenson less than 25 per cent. A German Catholic precinct in Wisconsin gave Kennedy a comfortable 63 per cent but has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since. A German Lutheran precinct in Wisconsin went for Stevenson but gave Kennedy less than a fourth of its votes. Three Baptist precincts in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, gave Stevenson comfortable majorities but Kennedy less than a third.

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