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Social context
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    Origins of our beliefs, etc. - instilled in us - our attitudes and the attitudes of others.
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Politics - parties activate class identity, religious identity - based on how much support they gain.
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Connections between voting and social predictors
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1. socio-economic
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2. religion
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3. ethnicity
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Three fundamental processes by which associations are formed
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1. Differentiation - look at a group (group B)and see that they are different than us.  Since we do not believe that way, we must be something else (group A). 
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2. Transmission - attention transmitted through authority figure to child (through friends, teachers, etc.)
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3. Contact - direct contact with other members of the social group.
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Challenges:
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Dealignment / Realignment  (shifts or dramatic changes in political alignments)
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Realigning elections in United States history
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1800 — Thomas Jefferson - Democratic-Republican Party (from the Federalist Party)
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1828 — Andrew Jackson - Democratic Party
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1860 — Abraham Lincoln - Republican Party
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1896 — William McKinley - Republican Party (marked the beginning of the Progressive Era)
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1932 — Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Democrat (New Deal)
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1964 - Lyndon B. Johnson - Democratic
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1968 — Richard Nixon - Republican
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1980 — Ronald Reagan - Republican
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Reasons for realignment:
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class weakens
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increase in education
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greater amount of contact outside of our groups
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secularization
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Other challenges:
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New American Voter (from 1960's (published in 1970's))
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Vote more on issues instead of party
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voters are sophisticated and more knowledgeable
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Class - service economy
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divide between public and private sector workers
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post materialism
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quality of life - environment, air quality, etc
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partisan identification

Revision as of 17:01, 7 October 2008

This lecture was given in PS 240 on 9/26 and continued on 9/29 briefly.

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Lecture Material

We covered...

Social context 

    Origins of our beliefs, etc. - instilled in us - our attitudes and the attitudes of others.

Politics - parties activate class identity, religious identity - based on how much support they gain.

Connections between voting and social predictors 1. socio-economic 2. religion 3. ethnicity

Three fundamental processes by which associations are formed 1. Differentiation - look at a group (group B)and see that they are different than us. Since we do not believe that way, we must be something else (group A). 2. Transmission - attention transmitted through authority figure to child (through friends, teachers, etc.) 3. Contact - direct contact with other members of the social group.

Challenges:

Dealignment / Realignment (shifts or dramatic changes in political alignments)

Realigning elections in United States history 1800 — Thomas Jefferson - Democratic-Republican Party (from the Federalist Party) 1828 — Andrew Jackson - Democratic Party 1860 — Abraham Lincoln - Republican Party 1896 — William McKinley - Republican Party (marked the beginning of the Progressive Era) 1932 — Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Democrat (New Deal) 1964 - Lyndon B. Johnson - Democratic 1968 — Richard Nixon - Republican 1980 — Ronald Reagan - Republican

Reasons for realignment: class weakens increase in education greater amount of contact outside of our groups secularization

Other challenges: New American Voter (from 1960's (published in 1970's)) Vote more on issues instead of party voters are sophisticated and more knowledgeable Class - service economy divide between public and private sector workers

post materialism

quality of life - environment, air quality, etc

partisan identification

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