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effects hypothesis has been criticized and empirical research since the 1980s has suggested that voters do have uncertainties about candidates' positions and these uncertainties do influence voters' decisions. These findings have led to renewed interest in research into the effects of campaigns, with recent published research appearing both for and against the minimal effects hypothesis.
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between the 1940s and the 1960s, and this period formed the initial "minimum effects" era in the United States. The hypothesis seemed solid and was associated with the general assumption that voters had clear positions on issues and knew where candidates stood on these issues. Since then the minimal
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only marginally persuade and convert voters. The hypothesis was formulated during early research into
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Voter Decision Making in Election 2000: Campaign Effects, Partisan Activation, and the Clinton Legacy
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See, for example, Robert E. Goodin and James Mahmud Rice (2009) "
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Bennet; Iyengar (2008). "A New Era of Minimal Effects?".
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political science
political campaigns
voting behavior
Pluralism
Corporatism
doi
10.1111/j.1460-2466.2008.00410.x
Lynn Vavreck
ISBN
0-7425-0069-1
pp. 92-94
Waking Up in the Poll Booth
Voter Decision Making in Election 2000: Campaign Effects, Partisan Activation, and the Clinton Legacy
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Wayback Machine
Category
Political science

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