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100			_aAnderson, Christopher J.
245			_aWinning, losing and political trust in America
260			_c2002
300			_ap.335-51.
362			_aApr
520			_aWe 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.- Reproduced.
650			_aElections - United States
650			_aElections
700			_aLotempio, Andrew J.
773			_aBritish Journal of Political Science
909			_a52290
999			_c52290 _d52290