The Development of a Party-Orientated Electorate in England, 1832-1918 Export

@article{citeulike:2951357, abstract = {It has long been the accepted view that twentieth-century British voters tend to base their vote decisions chiefly upon the partisan affiliations of the candidates, rather than upon the candidates' personal policy beliefs or characteristics; voters are 'party-orientated' rather than 'candidate-orientated'. This article focuses upon three previously unanswered questions: (1) when did English voters become party-orientated? (2) why did they do so? and (3) what were the consequences? After demonstrating statistically that English voting behaviour changed markedly during the nineteenth century (based upon an analysis of over a thousand election contests between 1832 and 1918), the causal relationships between electoral choice and Parliamentary behaviour are examined.}, author = {Cox, Gary W.}, citeulike-article-id = {2951357}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/193738}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/193738}, doi = {10.2307/193738}, journal = {British Journal of Political Science}, keywords = {election, history, parties}, number = {2}, pages = {187--216}, posted-at = {2008-07-02 07:52:22}, priority = {5}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press}, title = {The Development of a Party-Orientated Electorate in England, 1832-1918}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/193738}, volume = {16}, year = {1986} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2951357 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2951357 N2 - It has long been the accepted view that twentieth-century British voters tend to base their vote decisions chiefly upon the partisan affiliations of the candidates, rather than upon the candidates' personal policy beliefs or characteristics; voters are 'party-orientated' rather than 'candidate-orientated'. This article focuses upon three previously unanswered questions: (1) when did English voters become party-orientated? (2) why did they do so? and (3) what were the consequences? After demonstrating statistically that English voting behaviour changed markedly during the nineteenth century (based upon an analysis of over a thousand election contests between 1832 and 1918), the causal relationships between electoral choice and Parliamentary behaviour are examined. IS - 2 JF - British Journal of Political Science EP - 216 TI - The Development of a Party-Orientated Electorate in England, 1832-1918 PB - Cambridge University Press VL - 16 SP - 187 KW - election KW - history KW - parties AU - Cox, Gary PY - 1986/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/193738 ER -