Issues and Elections: Presidential Voting in Contemporary America--A Revisionist View by Euel W Elliott

Author:Euel W Elliott [Elliott, Euel W]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Political Science, General
ISBN: 9780429713460
Google: rNlGEAAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 59316407
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-11-28T00:00:00+00:00

TABLE 5.2 PARTY PREFERRED IN 1980 ON MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES* Republican Undecided Democrat

Issue N % N % N %

Inflation 220 (49.3) 200 (44.8) 26 ( 5.8)

Iran 61 (30.3) 118 (58.7) 22 (10.9)

Unemployment 38 (27.5) 77 (55.8) 23 (16.7)

Defense 49 (59.7) 29 (35.4) 4 ( 4.9)

*N in each category is the number of respondents citing the party as best able to handle that particular issue. Numbers in parentheses are the percentages favoring that party on a particular issue.

TABLE 5.3 REPORTED PERCENTAGE VOTE FOR CANDIDATES IN 1980 BY SELECTED MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES Inflation Iran Unemployment Defense

NM M NM M NM M NM M

Carter 47.2 36.2 42.9 47.1 41.5 63.3 44.0 35.7

Reagan 52.8 63.8 57.1 52.9 58.5 36.7 56.0 64.3

(Total N=871) 578.0 293.0 750.0 121.0 792.0 79.0 815.0 56.0

- NM refers to those respondents not mentioning a problem as most important.

- M refers to those respondents mentioning a particular issue as most important.

NOTE: Percentages have been rounded to the nearest one-tenth percent.

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