The American Voter
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The American Voter is a landmark political science book that pioneered the study of voting behavior in the United States by analyzing how party identification and social factors shape electoral choices.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The American Voter canonical | 2 |
| The American Voter Revisited | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1477291 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The American Voter Context triple: [Warren E. Miller, knownFor, The American Voter]
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A.
The Place for Politics
The Place for Politics is a promotional tagline used by the American cable news channel MSNBC to emphasize its focus on political news and analysis.
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B.
Democracy: An American Novel
Democracy: An American Novel is a 19th-century political novel by Henry Adams that satirically explores corruption, ambition, and moral compromise in Washington, D.C. politics.
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C.
The Politician
The Politician is a 17th-century stage play by English dramatist James Shirley, known as one of his notable tragic works exploring court intrigue and moral corruption.
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D.
Madam President
"Madam President" is the formal style of address used for a female President of the United States.
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E.
The American Way
The American Way is a 1939 Broadway patriotic pageant-play co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman that dramatizes the experiences of an immigrant family across generations in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The American Voter Target entity description: The American Voter is a landmark political science book that pioneered the study of voting behavior in the United States by analyzing how party identification and social factors shape electoral choices.
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A.
A More Perfect Union
A More Perfect Union is Barack Obama’s landmark 2008 campaign speech addressing race, inequality, and American identity in response to controversy over his former pastor.
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B.
The Place for Politics
The Place for Politics is a promotional tagline used by the American cable news channel MSNBC to emphasize its focus on political news and analysis.
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C.
Democracy: An American Novel
Democracy: An American Novel is a 19th-century political novel by Henry Adams that satirically explores corruption, ambition, and moral compromise in Washington, D.C. politics.
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D.
The Politician
The Politician is a 17th-century stage play by English dramatist James Shirley, known as one of his notable tragic works exploring court intrigue and moral corruption.
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E.
Madam President
"Madam President" is the formal style of address used for a female President of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ political science book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
American politics
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Political sociology ⓘ |
| academicReception |
Foundational text in political behavior literature
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Landmark in the study of voting behavior ⓘ |
| analyzes |
Impact of social characteristics on voting
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Role of long-term partisan loyalties ⓘ Short-term campaign forces ⓘ |
| author |
Angus Campbell
ⓘ
Donald E. Stokes ⓘ Gabriel A. Almond ⓘ
surface form:
Philip E. Converse
Warren E. Miller ⓘ |
| basedOn |
American National Election Studies
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Surveys from the University of Michigan Survey Research Center ⓘ |
| conceptIntroduced |
Funnel of causality
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Partisan identification as a long-term orientation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| fieldOfWork |
electoral studies
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political behavior ⓘ political science ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Mass electorate
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United States presidential election ⓘ
surface form:
United States presidential elections
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| hasEdition |
The American Voter
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The American Voter Revisited
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| influenced |
Behavioral revolution in political science
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Comparative voting behavior research ⓘ Party identification research ⓘ Subsequent studies of electoral realignment ⓘ The Michigan model of voting ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American politics
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Reassessment of The American Voter ⓘ electoral behavior ⓘ party identification ⓘ voting behavior ⓘ |
| proposes |
A funnel of causality model of vote choice
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Party identification as a psychological attachment ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Wiley-Blackwell
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surface form:
John Wiley & Sons
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| researchMethod |
Quantitative analysis
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Survey research ⓘ |
| setting |
United States politics
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surface form:
United States electoral system
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| theoreticalFramework | Michigan school of voting behavior ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | Mid-20th-century U.S. elections ⓘ |
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Subject: The American Voter Description of subject: The American Voter is a landmark political science book that pioneered the study of voting behavior in the United States by analyzing how party identification and social factors shape electoral choices.
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
The American Voter Revisited