Information flows and votes: an analysis of local campaign spending in England, 1983

R. J. Johnston

doi:10.1016/0016-7185(86)90012-6

Information flows and votes: an analysis of local campaign spending in England, 1983

R. J. Johnston^*

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Department of Geography and Planning

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Abstract

Behaviour is influenced by available information, so that spatial variability in information availability should be associated with variability in associated behaviour. This hypothesis is tested against the pattern of voting at the 1983 general election in England, with the information variable indexed by the amount of spending by each party, at the constituency scale. The results show that for each party, the more that it spent (mainly on advertising) the more votes it got.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	69-79
Number of pages	11
Journal	Geoforum
Volume	17
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7185(86)90012-6
Publication status	Published - 1986

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