Background
Raymond Edwin Wolfinger was born on June 29, 1931, in San Francisco, California, United States. He is the son of Raymond Edwin and Hilda (Holm) Wolfinger.
University of California - Berkeley
University of Illinois
Yale University
Stanford University
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Elections are at the heart of the American political system, but in 1976 only 54 percent of the voting age population went to the polls. The question of who votes matters greatly to everyone involved in politics and to all those concerned about the current and future state of American democracy. Based on data from the 1972 and 1974 Census Bureau surveys, Wolfinger and Rosenstone are able to identify for the first time those social and economic groups that are most likely to vote and to explain sensibly and convincingly those factors that influence voter turnout. Elections are at the heart of the American political system, but in 1976 only 54 percent of the voting age population went to the polls. The question of who votes matters greatly to everyone involved in politics and to all those concerned about the current and future state of American democracy. Based on data from the 1972 and 1974 Census Bureau surveys, Wolfinger and Rosenstone are able to identify for the first time those social and economic groups that are most likely to vote and to explain sensibly and convincingly those factors that influence voter turnout.
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1980
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Few events in American politics over the past two decades have generated more attention than the increasing number of voters calling themselves Independent. By the early 1970s Independents outnumbered Republicans, according to many eminent experts on voting behavior. Yet the authors of this incisive new commentary on American politics claim that most of this widespread speculation on declining party affiliation is simply wrong. They contend that most so-called Independents lean strongly toward one of the two parties and resemble―in all important respects―either Democrats or Republicans. Contrary to expert opinion, only a small segment of voters are truly "independent" of either major party. Based on the most up-to-date 1990 data, The Myth of the Independent Voter provides a roadmap of the political arena for the general reader and scholar alike. Debunking conventional wisdom about voting patterns and allaying recent concerns about electoral stability and possible third party movements, the authors uncover faulty polling practices that have resulted in a skewed sense of the American voting population. Demonstrating that most of what has been written about Independents for more than thirty years is myth, this challenging book offers a trenchant new understanding of the party system, voting behavior, and public opinion. Few events in American politics over the past two decades have generated more attention than the increasing number of voters calling themselves Independent. By the early 1970s Independents outnumbered Republicans, according to many eminent experts on voting behavior. Yet the authors of this incisive new commentary on American politics claim that most of this widespread speculation on declining party affiliation is simply wrong. They contend that most so-called Independents lean strongly toward one of the two parties and resemble―in all important respects―either Democrats or Republicans. Contrary to expert opinion, only a small segment of voters are truly "independent" of either major party. Based on the most up-to-date 1990 data, The Myth of the Independent Voter provides a roadmap of the political arena for the general reader and scholar alike. Debunking conventional wisdom about voting patterns and allaying recent concerns about electoral stability and possible third party movements, the authors uncover faulty polling practices that have resulted in a skewed sense of the American voting population. Demonstrating that most of what has been written about Independents for more than thirty years is myth, this challenging book offers a trenchant new understanding of the party system, voting behavior, and public opinion.
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1992
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Raymond Edwin Wolfinger was born on June 29, 1931, in San Francisco, California, United States. He is the son of Raymond Edwin and Hilda (Holm) Wolfinger.
Wolfinger graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1951. He then received his Master of Arts degree from the University of Illinois in 1955 and obtained his doctorate from Yale University in 1961.
Wolfinger started his career as an assistant professor at Stanford University in Palo Alto in 1961. Five years later he was appointed as an associate professor and in 1970 as a professor of political science there. Since then he held the position of professor at the University of California—Berkeley’s esteemed political science faculty till his retirement in 1995.
During his long career, Wolfinger has also served as a member of editorial boards of British Journal of Political Science, from 1980 till 1984 and American Political Science Review from 1985 till 1988.
He also served in the U. S. Army from 1951 till 1953 and became the first lieutenant.
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1980Wolfinger was a member of the American Association of University Professors, American Political Science Association, Consortium of Social Science Associations, Southwest Voter Research Institute and Western Political Science Association.
Wolfinger was married to Barbara Kaye since August 8, 1960. The couple had a son, Nicholas Holm.