Leadership Attributes Salient to Chinese Local Voters

Correlates of Voting Intentions Among Chinese Constituents

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ID3759225
AutoresTao Sun (0000-0001-5509-0988, Plymouth State University), Victor Yuan (0000-0002-3394-998X, Horizon Research, China), J Gregory Payne (Emerson College), Bu Zhong (0000-0002-3386-9234, University of Maryland)
Ano2005
Volume49
Fascículo4
Páginas616-628
Data de publicação2005-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764205280204
OpenAlexW2091723317
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas17

Chinese voters are already allowed to elect their leaders directly at the village level, although such free elections at higher levels (township, county, city, province, and nationwide) are still technically illegal. Based on a national survey conducted by a leading research firm in China, this study examines how people's demographic characteristics (age, income, and education) and their attitudes (beliefs and evaluations) toward their local administrators (city mayors or county governors) could help predict their voting intentions in the event a free and direct election would take place in the future. An understanding of Chinese voters' decision-making processes is critical for predicting the effects of the current electoral system on China's sociopolitical development. The lessons learned during this predemocratic stage may be crucial for a transition of China's political system in the future

China · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Salient · Survey data collection · Transition (genetics) · Voting · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies