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Winning, Losing and Political Trust in America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2002

CHRISTOPHER J. ANDERSON  and
ANDREW J. LoTEMPIO
CHRISTOPHER J. ANDERSON
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, Binghamton University, SUNY.
ANDREW J. LoTEMPIO
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, Binghamton University, SUNY.
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Abstract

We examine the effects of voting for the winners and losers of presidential and congressional elections on political trust. On the basis of survey and electoral data for 1972 and 1996, we argue and demonstrate empirically that presidential winner–loser status systematically affects citizens' trust in government. We find that voters for the losers of the presidential contest show lower levels of trust. Moreover, we find that voting for the congressional winners does not attenuate this effect. Political trust is highest among voters who voted either for both the presidential and congressional winners or the presidential winner and congressional losers; trust is lowest among those who voted for both the presidential and congressional losers or congressional winners and the presidential loser.

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British Journal of Political Science , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , April 2002 , pp. 335 - 351
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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