Economic Influence on Public Sentiment and Voter Behavior
Introduction
This chapter explores the subject of economic influence on citizen opinions and voter behavior. We consider the presidential vote, Congressional House and Senate elections, the voter participation rate, macropartisanship, consumer sentiment, and the social happiness index. The chapter explains three theories of economic influence on voter behavior. They are the responsibility hypothesis, the issue hypothesis, and the salient goal hypothesis. The chapter also discusses electoral efficiency in relation to economic influence on public attitudes. In addition, we consider the political capital effect. This is the impact of the economy on presidential approval and the ...
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