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However, in recent years, the model has been challenged by spatial and valence models, forcing proponents to reconsider the long term implications of party attachment. In some ways the Michigan model and spatial model are opposite ends of the spectrum, with the Michigan model arguing voting is purely
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The initial research saw three major factors to voting behaviour: Personal identification with one of the political parties, concern with issues of national government policy, and personal attraction to the presidential candidates. Later, their analysis saw that party identification and attachment
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there is no role for partisanship in voting. Furthermore, critics claim that the Michigan model exaggerates the assumption that party identification is cemented by circumstances, but rather that party identification can change in light of a party's performance or other circumstances. The model is
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The model relies heavily on early attachment to parties, through the funnel of causality. This shows long term effects such as: sociological characteristics (race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation), social status characteristics (social class and occupation), and parental characteristics
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was the most common factor. Furthermore, according to the model, this party attachment is generally stable, formulated by outside
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systems, as lack of choice contributes to small chances for partisan ID to change. The model most famously appeared in
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Knoke, D. (1974). "A Causal Synthesis of Sociological and Psychological Models of American Voting Behavior".
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and the spatial model arguing voting is based on ideological proximity to the candidates. In
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on a group level, which would be continued over the next two decades.
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