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Aspects of the Interrelationships of Attitudes and Behaviour as Illustrated by a Longitudinal Study of British Adults: 2. Predicting Voting Intention, Strength of Party Identification, and Change in Both

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  • R J Johnston

    (School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1SS, England)

  • C J Pattie

    (Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, England)

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It is widely held in the social sciences that behaviour patterns can be predicted from knowledge of peoples' attitudes. Electoral studies in Great Britain largely accept this, but there has been little formal testing of the general hypothesis. In building on work reported in a previous paper, we discuss formal tests of the predictive link between attitudes and voting behaviour, and use voting intentions, strength of party identification, and changes in each as the dependent variables in a series of discriminant analyses. These are reasonably successful, but not overwhelmingly so.

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  • R J Johnston & C J Pattie, 1999. "Aspects of the Interrelationships of Attitudes and Behaviour as Illustrated by a Longitudinal Study of British Adults: 2. Predicting Voting Intention, Strength of Party Identification, and Change in B," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 31(7), pages 1279-1294, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:31:y:1999:i:7:p:1279-1294
    DOI: 10.1068/a311279
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    1. R J Johnston & C J Pattie, 1999. "Aspects of the Interrelationships of Attitudes and Behaviour as Illustrated by a Longitudinal Study of British Adults: 1. Interactions among Attitudes and Changing Voting Intentions," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 31(5), pages 899-923, May.
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