The Australian Voter

50 Years of Change

By: Ian McAllister

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In the 1960s, voting in Australia was class and party-based; today, environmentalism, evaluations of economic performance, and the personalities of the leaders dominate political debate.

An authoritative guide to the minds of voters, this record assesses the implications of these changes vis-…-vis politics and speculates on the future of Australian voting behaviour.

This book also includes an analysis of the 2010 Federal election.

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Non-Fiction History Regional & National History Australasian & Pacific History Politics & Government Political Structure & Processes Elections & Referenda Central Government

Preface	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xvi
Electoral institutions	p. 1
Australia's experiments with democracy	p. 2
The electoral rules of the game	p. 4
The flow of the vote	p. 11
The puzzle of compulsory voting	p. 20
Constitutional change and the republic	p. 27
Conclusion	p. 31
Party loyalties	p. 33
Party identification	p. 34
Trends in party identification	p. 38
The development of partisanship	p. 43
Partisanship and the vote	p. 50
Conclusion	p. 54
Citizens' views of politics	p. 56
The expansion of education	p. 58
Trends in political interest	p. 62
Levels of political knowledge	p. 65
Trust in government	p. 71
Political efficacy	p. 77
Satisfaction with democracy	p. 81
Conclusion	p. 85
The election campaign	p. 87
The role of the mass media	p. 88
Interest and participation in the campaign	p. 95
The timing of the voting decision	p. 101
Do campaigns matter1?	p. 106
Conclusion	p. 109
Social background	p. 111
Gender	p. 112
Age and generation	p. 120
Religion	p. 125
Ethnicity	p. 131
The urbanùrural divide	p. 138
Conclusion	p. 142
Class and economic interests	p. 144
Class voting debates	p. 145
Occupational class	p. 149
Class interests	p. 158
Economic assets	p. 163
What aspects of class matter most?	p. 167
Conclusion	p. 170
Economic beliefs	p. 172
The economy as an election issue	p. 173
The concept of left-right	p. 180
Positioning the voters and the parties	p. 184
The role of the economy	p. 190
Redistributive policies	p. 195
Conclusion	p. 202
Social attitudes and values	p. 203
Social issues and elections	p. 204
Value change	p. 207
The politics of the environment	p. 212
Race and immigration	p. 217
Morality issues	p. 224
Defence and foreign affairs	p. 230
Conclusion	p. 238
Political leaders	p. 240
The personalisation of politics	p. 241
How the leaders are rated	p. 246
Leader images	p. 251
Party leaders' debates	p. 258
Conclusion	p. 264
Appendix: The Australian Election Study	p. 266
Notes	p. 269
References	p. 277
index	p. 292
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