"Is U.S. party identification unraveling? No, these authors
convincingly argue, using a wealth of evidence. So-called
independent leaners, a growth stock among voters in recent times,
think and act rather like straight partisans. Also, the
"dealigning" thrust that we head so much about in the 1970s seems
to have come and gone."--David Mayhew, Yale University
"Party politics is alive and well in America! A surprising
conclusion given the Republican dominance of the presidency and the
Democrats' lock on Congress."--Warren Mitofsky, Executive Director
of Voter Research and Surveys
"Few pieces of conventional wisdom about politics have resonated
as much among scholars, pundits, and politicians as the one that
there is a large and growing army of independent voters threatening
the stability of the two party system. "The Myth of the Independent
Voter systematically demolishes that c.w., in a lively but
scholarly way. One can only hope that this book is express-mailed
to every political commentator before they start the deluge of
pontification about 1992."--Norman J. Ornstein, American Enterprise
Institute
"Very few books absolutely require to be read. This is one of
them. Every scholar studying American voting and elections from now
on will have to come to terms with "The Myth of the Independent
Voter. If the authors are right (and they almost certainly are), an
embarrassingly large proportion of the received wisdom of the 1970s
and 1980s is going to have to be junked."--Anthony King, University
of Essex
"Few developments in the politics of the last quarter century
have been more remarked upon than the great increase in the numbers
of voters who call themselves independents. Foranyone seriously
interested in assessing the meaning of that development, this is
the book to read. Where others have jumped to conclusions, the
authors ground theirs in an admirably clear and orderly marshalling
of evidence. The result is a piece of research that clears the head
of misconceptions about contemporary party politics and clears the
way for realistic analyses of it."--Stanley Kelley, Jr., Princeton
University
"A wonderfully provocative book. Its critical analyses scorch
scores of generalizations about partisanship in the American
electorate. Not everyone will be completely persuaded by the
arguments made in this book, but no one will be able to ignore
them."--Morris P. Fiorina, Harvard University
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