Three main perspectives have been developed about the political involvement of aging
citizens. Disengagement theory suggests declining participation; selective withdrawal points …

The present analysis uses data from 1974 and 1981 US cross sections, which incorporate a
panel, to compare the standard NES measure of party identification (ID) with a measure of …

An alternative approach to the explanation of voting behavior is offered, suggesting that the
starting point of electoral decision making is individuals' recall of their behavior in the last …

In this brief paper we contend that the number and composition of individuals identifying with
no political party may change substantially when the “Independent” option is omitted from …

Do political parties really matter? On its face, this is a simple question with a simple answer:
of course they do, though perhaps not as much as they should in a large representative …