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Vote.com? Issue Voting of Internet Users in the 2000 Presidential Election
Author(s) -
Saeki Manabu
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
politics and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.259
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1747-1346
pISSN - 1555-5623
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2005.tb00644.x
Subject(s) - presidential election , voting , group voting ticket , the internet , political science , internet privacy , business , computer science , advertising , world wide web , law , politics
In recent years, Internet use has grown rapidly and changed citizens' daily lives. This study examines the influence of Internet usage on issue‐voting in the 2000 presidential election. Using NES data on voters who planned to vote in the 2000 presidential election, I test the hypotheses that voters who use the Internet for obtaining information about elections are more issue‐oriented in their voting behaviors. I find mixed results. While the Internet users' voting preferences are more consistent with their attitudes on tax cuts than are those of the non‐users, both the Internet users' and non‐users' voting preferences are inconsistent with their orientation toward the issue of health care. This finding is robust even with voters' educational attainment and access to newspaper held constant.