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Editor's Notebook: An Election Post-Mortem, Michael Kryzanek
Editor's Notebook: An Election Post-Mortem, Michael Kryzanek
Bridgewater Review
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Coming To Set Terms For Dci, Porcher L. Taylor Iii
Coming To Set Terms For Dci, Porcher L. Taylor Iii
School of Professional and Continuing Studies Faculty Publications
Senator and presidential contender John Kerry has loudly and critically clanged the intelligence-reform bell in President Bush's ears. Recently, Mr. Kerry proposed great expansion of the director of central intelligence's (DCI) authority over the National Security Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. But true reform must first come with the DCI's emancipation from the White House through providing a 10-year term as a presidential appointee.
The Effects Of Ballot Position On Election Outcomes, Jonathan G.S. Koppell, Jennifer A. Steen
The Effects Of Ballot Position On Election Outcomes, Jonathan G.S. Koppell, Jennifer A. Steen
Publications from President Jonathan G.S. Koppell
This article presents evidence of name-order effects in balloting from a study of the 1998 Democratic primary in New York City, in which the order of candidates' names was rotated by precinct. In 71 of 79 individual nominating contests, candidates received a greater proportion of the vote when listed first than when listed in any other position. In seven of those 71 contests, the advantage to first position exceeded the winner's margin of victory, suggesting that ballot position would have determined the election outcomes if one candidate had held the top spot in all precincts.
American Baptist Convention, Sherrie Steiner, Donald Gray
American Baptist Convention, Sherrie Steiner, Donald Gray
Sherrie M Steiner
This chapter from the national data set identifies the political activities and attitudes of American Baptist clergy in the 2000 national election.
Presidential Traits And Job Approval: Some Aggregate-Level Evidence., Brian Newman
Presidential Traits And Job Approval: Some Aggregate-Level Evidence., Brian Newman
Brian Newman
In a previous article in this journal, Cohen (2001) introduced time series measures of public perceptions of Bill Clinton's personal characteristics. Here, I explore the political impact of these perceptions, asking whether they affect the public's evaluations of presidential job performance. I find that they do, adding aggregate-level support to existing individual-level evidence of the importance of character assessments. Finding a connection between character perceptions and job approval in the aggregate time series context helps answer questions previous studies leave unresolved, with significant implications for our understanding of presidential approval and presidential politics more generally. [First paragraph]