Information Effects Conditioned by Partisanship in Electoral Participation : An American Case and Its Implication :An American Case and Its Implication

Lee So Young

doi:10.14731/kjis.2009.06.49.3.127

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An American Case and Its Implication

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한국국제정치학회
국제정치논총 학술저널
The Korean Journal of International Relations Vol.49 No.3
2009.6 127 - 150 (24page)
DOI : 10.14731/kjis.2009.06.49.3.127

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Lee So Young

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This study explores how the lack of information can be compensated for by partisan strength in relation to electoral participation. The question of how political information affects electoral participation is examined in three different strata of partisan strength using the extended beta-binomial (EBB) model applied to the 2000 U.S. election data. The results of the analysis suggest that, while information is an important predictor of electoral participation, partisan strength can compensate for the lack of information. Strong partisans may not need to depend on political information to engage in electoral activities. This implies that, as political information is necessary for a sound democracy where political processes proceed based on broad citizen participation, strong partisanship may also be an important factor promoting the quality of democratic political process. However, because of their consistency bias and decisions leaning toward their supporting party, partisans do not uniformly have superior democratic citizenship characteristics. This emphasizes again the importance of political knowledge as a prior condition for political decision by the public.

#political information #electoral participation #partisanship #extended beta-binomial(EBB) #information shortcut