ABORTION ATTITUDES AND VOTE CHOICE IN THE 1984 AND 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

Authors
SMITH KB
Citation
Kb. Smith, ABORTION ATTITUDES AND VOTE CHOICE IN THE 1984 AND 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, American politics quarterly, 22(3), 1994, pp. 354-369
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Political Science
Journal title
American politics quarterly → ACNP
ISSN journal
00447803
Volume
22
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
354 - 369
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-7803(1994)22:3<354:AAAVCI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Existing research has failed to discover a significant impact of abort ion attitudes on voting behavior in national elections, despite eviden ce that abortion is an issue with great potential for political mobili zation and partisan realignment. This article reexamines this issue an d finds that pro-choice attitudes do influence voting behavior at the individual level in national elections. No evidence is found for a sim ilar effect among those with intense antiabortion attitudes.