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Political Behavior in the Context of Racial Diversity: The Case for Studying Local Politics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2011

Karen M. Kaufmann  and
Antonio Rodriguez
Karen M. Kaufmann
Affiliation:
University of Maryland
Antonio Rodriguez
Affiliation:
University of Maryland
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Within contemporary political science, local elections are the perennial bridesmaids of behavioral research. While municipal contests are more numerous than any other type of election, academic interest in the factors that motivate local participation and voting behavior pales in comparison to the attention given to national politics. Case studies of individual elections in a small subset of larger American cities do exist, but within the local politics literature, few studies argue for a general theory of local voting behavior (but see Kaufmann 2004; Oliver and Ha 2007). Even in those cases that do, insufficient data exist to rigorously test or replicate these results on a large scale.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , January 2011 , pp. 101 - 102
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2011

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