POL314H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: United States Presidential Election, 1980, Dealignment
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Voting behaviour : 1980 us presidential election: women were evenly split in voting for two camps, while men were more likely to vote for republican, reasons for the gender gap. Structural transformation: look at the change in women"s role from. Feudal (agricultural, labour intensive, larger family were more rewarded) industrial post-industrial. Women live longer than men on average, 5. 5 years more! All these structural factors add up to case effect on voting behaviour. Rise of feminism qualified 1920s when women made the case for women getting the vote. When people come from another society, they bring in their own values socialised in another context. How people from other societies learn about voting when. Evidence of gender gap they come to a new society: attitudes towards, war / capital punishment: men tend to be pro-war, socialization values internalized in young men, human rights issues.
