SOCIOTROPIC POLITICS - THE AMERICAN CASE
SOCIOTROPIC POLITICS - THE AMERICAN CASE
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DOI：
10.1017/s0007123400002544
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发表时间：
1981-01-01
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
KIEWIET, DR
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文献类型：
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作者：
KINDER, DR;KIEWIET, DR
美国的选举在很大程度上取决于国民经济的活力。繁荣有利于来自执政党（定义为在选举时控制总统职位的政党）的众议院候选人，而经济衰退则增加了反对党候选人的选举运气。经济状况的短期波动似乎也会影响选民对总统的选择，以及总统在任期内获得公众认可的程度。根据这一证据，宏观经济状况的政治后果既普遍又强大。但是，公民如何知道执政党是成功还是失败？人们在政治评价中会考虑哪些经济证据？本文的目的是考察两种截然不同的公民个人观点--一种强调公民自身经济困境的政治意义，另一种强调公民对国家经济困境的评估的政治重要性--这可能是经济和政治总体交织的基础。我们的研究是对公民个人的政治经济学的研究。
American elections depend substantially on the vitality of the national economy. Prosperity benefits candidates for the House of Representatives from the incumbent party (defined as the party that controls the presidency at the time of the election), whereas economic downturns enhance the electoral fortunes of opposition candidates. Short-term fluctuations in economic conditions also appear to affect the electorate's presidential choice, as well as the level of public approval conferred upon the president during his term. By this evidence, the political consequences of macroeconomic conditions are both pervasive and powerful. But just how do citizens know whether the incumbent party has succeeded or failed? What kinds of economic evidence do people weigh in their political appraisals? The purpose of our paper is to examine two contrasting depictions of individual citizens – one emphasizing the political significance of citizens' own economic predicaments, the other stressing the political importance of citizens' assessments of the nation's economic predicament – that might underlie the aggregate entwining of economics and politics. Ours is an inquiry into the political economy of individual citizens.