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Electoral Voting Preferences and Political Orientations of Athenians in Greece: A Three‐Perspective Model *
Author(s) -
DOBRATZ BETTY A.,
KOURVETARIS GEORGE A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
european journal of political research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.267
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1475-6765
pISSN - 0304-4130
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1981.tb00607.x
Subject(s) - voting , politics , perspective (graphical) , variables , variable (mathematics) , relevance (law) , voting behavior , demographic economics , political science , economics , statistics , law , mathematical analysis , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science
Using a three‐perspective model of stratification, group and issue‐oriented variables, an effort was made to examine the relevance of three perspectives in predicting voting behaviour among Athenians in Greece. The model was based on an analysis of 478 cases from data collected in Athens in the spring and summer of 1977. Pro‐Western attitudes and politics of friends were found to be the most important variables in predicting vote among the Athenians. Unlike other European countries, education and occupation were not important while income and age were. The primary group variable of father's politics had important indirect effects while the secondary group variable of workers’ membership in political or occupational organisations had a significant direct effect. The interdependence of the variables in the three‐perspective model were also delineated in the analysis.