scholarly journals Still Not Important Enough? COVID-19 Policy Views and Vote Choice

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Eric Guntermann ◽  
Gabriel Lenz
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vote Choice ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Presidential Candidates ◽  
Voting Decisions

Scholars have long been skeptical of citizens’ ability to vote on the basis of their policy views. Voters lack incentives to pay attention to politics and so are often unaware of the policy stances adopted by presidential candidates and parties. However, some scholars have suggested that voter attention may increase when policy issues become important to them, such as when a crisis disrupts their lives. The coronavirus pandemic provides an opportunity to test this proposition. It is one of the most severe crises the United States has faced. It has disrupted almost everyone’s lives, and many people know someone who has tested positive or died from the virus. It is thus salient and important to many—if not most—voters. Despite this context, we find that many voters remain unaware of the 2020 US Presidential candidates’ stances on coronavirus policies. Their levels of knowledge are about typical for other policies, which is middling. In the absence of knowledge, voters cannot connect their policy views on the virus with their presidential voting decisions.

scholarly journals The Trade and Environment Debate: Relevant for Southern Agriculture?

1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary A. Marchant ◽  
Nicole Ballenger
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Environmental Standards ◽  
Trade And Environment ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
International Debate ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Environment Policy ◽  
Know How ◽  
Trade Measures

AbstractThis paper introduces and briefly discusses the economics of two important trade and environment policy issues--international harmonization of environmental standards and the use of trade measures for environmental purposes. Both issues are likely to generate lively international debate among environmentalists, industry representatives, and trade negotiators over the next few years. As the international community seeks new multilateral rules in these areas, agricultural producers will want to know how they will be affected. Thus, this paper also examines the potential impacts of environmental policy on the competitiveness of commodities unique to the Southern region of the United States.

Attitudes toward Mormons and Voter Behavior in the 2012 Presidential Election

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Hawley
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Party Identification ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vote Choice ◽  
Voter Behavior ◽  
Latter Day Saints ◽  
Active Member ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

AbstractPrior to the 2012 presidential election, some commentators speculated that Mitt Romney's status as a devout and active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would undermine his presidential aspirations. Using the 2012 American National Election Survey, this study examines the relationship between attitudes toward Mormons and voter behavior in the United States in that election year. It finds that attitudes toward Mormons had a statistically-significant effect on turnout — though these effects differed according to party identification. It additionally finds that these attitudes influenced vote choice. In both cases, the substantive effects were small, indicating that anti-Mormon feelings did play a role in the 2012 presidential election, but they did not determine the final outcome.

Economic Decline, Social Identity, and Authoritarian Values in the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cameron Ballard-Rosa ◽  
Amalie Jensen ◽  
Kenneth Scheve
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Norm ◽  
Interactive Effect ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vote Choice ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
Induced Labor ◽  
The Social ◽  
Negative Effect

Abstract Why does the contemporary backlash against globalization in the United States have such a substantial authoritarian character? We argue that sustained economic decline has a negative effect on the social identity of historically dominant groups. These losses lead individuals to be more likely to want to enforce social norm conformity—that is, adopt more authoritarian values—as a way to preserve social status and this effect is greater the larger the size of other groups in the population. Central to our account is the expectation of an interactive effect of local economic and demographic conditions in forging value responses to economic decline. The article evaluates this argument using an original 2017 representative survey in the United States. We find that individuals living in relatively diverse regions facing more intense competition from Chinese imports have more authoritarian values. We further find that the greater effect of globalization-induced labor market decline in more diverse areas is also evident for vote choice in the 2016 Presidential election.

Catastrophic Success

2020 ◽  
pp. 229-249
Author(s):  
Russell Crandall
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
The United States ◽  
Washington Post ◽  
Presidential Candidates

This chapter recounts the kidnapping of presidential hopeful Ingrid Betancourt, a half-French senator from Bogotá, after a meeting with other presidential candidates in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) territory to urge the guerrillas to terminate the conflict. It details how the FARC became the de facto state in most coca-growing regions in southern Colombia at the time of Betancourt's kidnapping, with drug revenues of $100 million a year. It also refers to prize-winning reporter Dana Priest, who wrote a Washington Post investigation of the secret U.S. assistance to Colombia in the early 2000s. The chapter explains how Colombian and Ecuadoran security operatives in Quito seized a FARC commander known universally by his guerrilla handle, Simón Trinidad on January 2, 2004. It discusses Alvaro Uribe's unexpected move of bringing several “paramilitary heavyweights” that were imprisoned in various parts of Colombia to the United States to face drug charges.

GRAHAM E. FULLERAND REND RAHIM FRANCKE, The Arab Shiעa: The Forgotten Muslims (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.) Pp. 290. $49.95.

2001 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 644-646
Author(s):  
Kamran Aghaie
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
The United States ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Political Analysis ◽  
Practical Representation

As a historian interested in Shiעi communities in Arab countries, I could not help but be disappointed by the lack of social and cultural history in this study. However, this is not a negative reflection on the book. What may at first seem like a weakness to readers such as myself, who are more interested in social and cultural history, is actually a necessary part of the authors' formulation of their argument. The book is intended to be a very practical representation of the Arab Shiעi with political analysis that has immediate policy implications for the Shiעi themselves, the Arab regimes that rule over them, and the United States. As a monograph dealing with policy issues related to the Arab Shiעi, this book is very successful and is of special interest to scholars, activists, and policy-makers dealing with issues related to the Arab Shiעi.

Migrant Workers

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Wolff ◽  
Karen Dodge
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Child Labor ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Social Work Programs

This entry discusses migrant workers in the United States and the unique circumstances and conditions they face. Included in the discussion are social problems faced by migrants with respect to health, housing, working conditions, child labor, and education. Policy issues are addressed, including relevant national, international, and corporate laws. Migrant patterns, demographics, and definitions are presented. Finally, social work programs, responses, and interventions are identified.

Schizophrenia in Later Life: Public Policy Issues in the United States

2019 ◽  
pp. 223-241
Author(s):  
Michael B. Friedman ◽  
Lisa Furst ◽  
Paul S. Nestadt ◽  
Kimberly A. Williams ◽  
Lina Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Later Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Issues

An overview of science and technology coverage in Indian English-language dailies

2000 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharvi Dutt ◽  
K. C. Garg
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
English Language ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
The United States ◽  
Indian English ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Nuclear Science ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Times ◽  
Different Parts

News items on science and technology in English-language newspapers published in different parts of India during January-December 1996 were analyzed. Results indicate that the greatest proportion of newspaper space was devoted to nuclear science and technology, followed by defense, space research, and astronomy. The Pioneer, The Hindu, and The Times of India were the newspapers that together devoted about 23 percent of the total space to items on science and technology. The sources for most of the articles (97 percent) on policy issues originated from within India, while for other stories foreign sources, including those from the United States and the United Kingdom, also contributed. Many of the items were supported by illustrations such as photographs and diagrams. The study indicates that, on average, Indian newspapers devoted far less than one percent of the total printed space to articles and stories related to science and technology.

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