POS 3204 - Spring 2019
This course covers a broad overview of topics under the heading of political behavior, which includes public opinion, political parties, elections, vote choice, and polling. The goal of this course is for students to understand how Americans form political opinions and ideologies and how these are then used to impact vote choice in elections. This course will cover a long history of political behavior in the United States as well as political behavior in other countries as well.
Below you will find the course syllabus as well as readings for the class.
Below you will find the course syllabus as well as readings for the class.
| Political Behavior Syllabus.pdf |
| Week 1 Intro.pptx |
| Duvergers Law and the Canadian Exception.pdf |
| Week 1 Political Parties.pptx |
| Measuring Party Positions in Europe.pdf |
| Week 2 Parties Cont. and Ideology.pptx |
| Raising a Big Tent.pdf |
| Week 3 Political Behavior in Other Countries.pptx |
| Polarization Reading.pdf |
| Week 4 Polarization.pptx |
| Week 5 Vote Choice.pptx |
| If Everyone Had Voted.pdf |
| Week 6 Turnout.pptx |
| Week 7 the Act of Voting.pptx |