The Transformation of the Campaign Financing Regime for U.S. Presidential Elections

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Hasen
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Campaign Financing

Television and the Less-Interested Voter: The Costs of an Informed Electorate

1976 ◽  
Vol 425 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Patterson ◽  
Robert D. Mcclure
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Election ◽  
American Politics ◽  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Television News ◽  
Television Advertising ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Common Belief ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
The Common ◽  
Campaign Financing

In pre-television American politics, electoral research documented that less-interested voters paid little attention to newspaper coverage of presidential campaigns. The result was that many Americans went to the polls possessing little information about the candidates and issues. Relying on evidence from a panel survey conducted during the 1972 presidential election, this article challenges the common belief that the widespread appeal of television news has changed this condition and made the low-interest voter much more informed about presidential elections. In fact, the evidence clearly shows that televised network evening newscasts contribute almost nothing to the low- interest voter's election information. But the evidence also shows that another channel of television communication does inform the less-interested voter—televised political advertis ing. Televised advertising not only reaches low-interest voters, but also teaches them useful, accurate, issue informa tion. So for a candidate to get his message across to all the voters, he cannot simply rely on free television news time; he must buy costly television advertising time. The implica tions for campaign financing are obvious.

Pakistan's First Presidential Elections

Asian Survey ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 280-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharif al-Mujahid
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Elections

Courting the Youth Vote in 2008: The Obama Effect

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey C Bohl
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Voter Registration ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Past ◽  
Several Variables ◽  
High Turnout ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Youth Vote

This paper examines a few of the numerous factors that may have led to increased youth turnout in 2008 Election. First, theories of voter behavior and turnout are related to courting the youth vote. Several variables that are perceived to affect youth turnout such as party polarization, perceived candidate difference, voter registration, effective campaigning and mobilization, and use of the Internet, are examined. Over the past 40 years, presidential elections have failed to engage the majority of young citizens (ages 18-29) to the point that they became inclined to participate. This trend began to reverse starting in 2000 Election and the youth turnout reached its peak in 2008. While both short and long-term factors played a significant role in recent elections, high turnout among youth voters in 2008 can be largely attributed to the Obama candidacy and campaign, which mobilized young citizens in unprecedented ways.

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