'Stereotyping' the American Electorate: An Examination of what Drives Turnout in the Electoral Periphery

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dc.contributor.advisorBrunell, Thomas L.
dc.creatorParker, Misty Dawn
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-13T16:44:54Z
dc.date.available2020-10-13T16:44:54Z
dc.date.created2020-08
dc.date.issued2020-08
dc.date.submittedAugust 2020
dc.date.updated2020-10-13T16:44:54Z
dc.description.abstractWhat motivates an individual to vote in one election but abstain in another? With its division of the electorate into core components (consistent voters or non-voters) and the periphery (inconsistent voters), Campbells core and periphery model provides a useful theory to investigate this question. Methodologically, Campbells approach not only relies upon self-reporting, but its operationalization of the electorate does not reflect the theory of the concepts being measured. This dissertation establishes a methodology to disaggregate the core and peripheral components of the electorate, enhancing the ensuing measurement schemes construct validity. Using a stereotype regression, a rarely-used class of logistic regression models designed to measure distances between ordered categories of a dependent variable, I validate this novel approach. This disaggregation scheme is then used to profile the core and peripheral electorates and investigate voting behavior of the dynamic periphery.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10735.1/9008
dc.language.isoen
dc.rights©2020 Misty Dawn Parker. All rights reserved.
dc.subjectCommon good
dc.subjectVoter turnout
dc.subjectVoting research
dc.subjectStereotypes (Social psychology)
dc.title'Stereotyping' the American Electorate: An Examination of what Drives Turnout in the Electoral Periphery
dc.typeDissertation
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentPolitical Science
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Dallas
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.namePHD

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