The Effect of Political Trust on the Presidential Vote, 1968-96
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3765409 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marc J Hetherington (0000-0002-4707-0132, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 311-326 |
| Publication date | 1999-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2585398 |
| OpenAlex | W2111247447 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 181 |
| References cited | 34 |
Scholars have consistently demonstrated that no link exists between declining political trust and declining turnout, but they have paid less attention to the effect of trust on vote choice. In an era characterized by declining trust, the incumbent party has lost, and third parties have strongly contested, four of the last eight presidential elections. Such outcomes are historically anomalous. This study demonstrates that declining political trust affects vote choice, but the electoral beneficiary differs according to electoral context. In two-candidate races, politically distrustful voters support candidates from the nonincumbent major party. In races with three viable candidates, third-party alternatives benefit from declining political trust at the expense of both major parties
Beneficiary · Blind trust · Context (archaeology · Contingent vote · Economics · Geography · Group voting ticket · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential election · Presidential system · Turnout · Voter turnout · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Social Capital and Networks · Social Media and Politics
Trust in institutions
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