The Influence of Attitudes and Normative Pressures on Voting Decisions in a Union Certification Election

ILR Review ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 262 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Ruth Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Certification Election ◽  
Voting Decisions

The Influence of Attitudes and Normative Pressures on Voting Decisions in a Union Certification Election

ILR Review ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Ruth Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Important Determinant ◽  
Public University ◽  
Representation Election ◽  
Clerical Workers ◽  
Normative Pressure ◽  
Union Representation ◽  
Certification Election ◽  
Voting Decisions ◽  
Management Staff ◽  
Voting Intentions

This paper investigates how both attitudes and normative pressures influenced the voting decisions of public university clerical workers in a December 1984 union representation election. Not surprisingly, the voters' attitudes, shaped by the results they expected to follow from union certification and their evaluation of those results as good or bad, appear to have been an important determinant of voting intentions and, in turn, actual votes. Also influential, although less so, was normative pressure, a function of how the voters thought others (family, co-workers, other clericals, supervisors, and other management staff) wished them to vote and how strongly they were inclined to satisfy those wishes.

The effects of social vigilantism on making and defending voting decisions

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Smith ◽  
Casey Devore ◽  
Prairie Slaven ◽  
Donald Saucier
Keyword(s):  
Voting Decisions

The Three-Legged Stool of Voter Engagement

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-56
Author(s):  
Adelaide K. Sandler ◽  
Mary E. Hylton ◽  
Jason Ostrander ◽  
Tanya R. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Political Power ◽  
Voter Registration ◽  
Elected Officials ◽  
Allocation Of Resources ◽  
Community Members ◽  
The Past ◽  
Voting Decisions

Disparities in voter turnout have increased significantly over the past four decades. Members of historically oppressed groups, those who are low-income, and or who have lower levels of education vote at significantly lower rates than white, wealthy and or more educated community members. These disparities correlate directly to political power and the eventual allocation of resources by elected officials. Therefore, eliminating these disparities through targeted voter engagement with client groups is particularly important for the profession of social work. This article describes the conceptualization of voter engagement as a three-legged stool, consisting of voter registration, regular voting, and basing voting decisions on self-interest.Without attention to all three legs, the potential for generating political power collapses, resulting in minimal influence on elected officials.

Weather Affects Voting Decisions

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon M. Jachimowicz ◽  
Jochen I. Menges
Keyword(s):  
Voting Decisions

scholarly journals Leadership perception in candidate faces: Scotland's unionists prefer dominant leaders, and so do nationalists – but only if they are economic pessimists

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 434-458
Author(s):  
Kristen K. Knowles ◽  
Anthony C. Little
Keyword(s):  
Public Perception ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Leadership Perception ◽  
Behavioural Characteristics ◽  
Voting Decisions ◽  
Scottish Independence ◽  
Economic Outlook

Voters rely on many cues to make decisions about who to vote for, and the appearance of a potential leader can play an important part in this decision-making process. When choosing leaders, it is thought that voters make ‘fit-to-task’ voting decisions, for example, exhibiting a preference for masculine-looking leaders in hypothetical wartime scenarios, when masculine behavioural characteristics would be most valued. Here, we examine face preferences within a sample of Scottish voters during the campaign for the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Subjects were presented with masculinised and feminised versions of faces in a forced-choice experimental task to select their preferred face in a hypothetical national election. No voters (those who voted to maintain the Union) chose more masculine-faced hypothetical leaders than Yes voters (those who voted in favour of an independent Scotland); effect sizes observed were medium. Within Yes voters, economic concern was related to a preference for masculine faces, but for No voters, economic outlook did not relate to face preferences. These findings underscore the importance of real-world socio-political contexts in psychology research, particularly that concerning the public perception of different leadership prototypes. Implications in the current Scottish context are discussed.

Legislative Decision-Making

2021 ◽  
pp. 83-108
Author(s):  
Neilan S. Chaturvedi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Logic Model ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Party Leadership ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Voting Decisions ◽  
Legislative Decision

Chapter 4 examines the logic used by moderates in determining how to vote on legislation. Using interview data from six retired senators, Chapter 4 examines the pressures they face, both within the chamber with party leadership and outside the chamber with constituents and interest groups. While conventional wisdom would dictate that moderates vote only for legislation that they find palatable, and vote against all else, using data collected by Project Vote Smart capturing the issue positions of many senators, we see that all too often this is not the case—centrists get “railroaded” by leaders and vote with the majority, even when the legislation goes against their stated position. Using voting decisions on key votes and publicly stated positions by senators, the chapter then creates a logic model that illustrates how moderates decide how to vote on legislation.

Why Studying State Voting Laws Is Not Enough

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-50
Author(s):  
Michael Ritter
Keyword(s):  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Omitted Variables ◽  
Early Voting ◽  
Election Administration ◽  
Disadvantaged Groups ◽  
State Adoption ◽  
Voting Decisions ◽  
Voting Laws

Early studies of the effects of voter laws on turnout often showed that early voting, absentee, and mail voting had limited impacts on voter turnout, with only same day registration consistently linked to higher turnout. Much of the previous research measured these laws in isolation (although most states have combinations of the laws), omitted measurement of election administration, did not account for possible selection bias in state adoption of the laws, focused on overall voter turnout rather than that for disadvantaged groups, and did not measure the effects of the laws on campaign mobilization strategies. Census data used in previous studies omitted variables (e.g., political interest and partisanship) known to influence voting decisions. Building on research from 2000s and 2010s, Chapter 3 emphasizes how causal inference research design and national voter files can lead to more precise estimations of the effects of convenience voting laws and election administration on voter turnout.

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