A SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON THE ELECTORAL MECHANISUM IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN

1995 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 06610167
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: 社会学(含社会福祉関係)
• Research Institution: NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY
• Principal Investigator: AIBA Juichi NARA WOMEN' UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LETTERS PROFESSOR, 文学部, 教授 (60030037)
• Project Period (FY): 1994 – 1995
• Keywords: POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS / VOTING BEHAVIOR / VOTE-GETTING / UNAFFILIATED VOTERS / PLITICAL APATHY / ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN / POLITICAL CULTURE / 社会的ネットワーク

Research Abstract

THIS RESEARCH HAS TWO AIMS ; ONE IS TO THROW AN OBJECTIVE LIGEGT ON RELATIONS OFLOCAL AND NATIONAL ELECTORAL STRUCTURES,AND THE OTHER IS TO MAKE CLEAR,FROM A THEORETICAL AND POSITIVE POINT OF VIEW,THE VOTING BEHAVIORS OF UNAFFILIATED VOTERS IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN.FIRST,IN ORDER TO MAKE OUT USUAL DATA-BANK FOR ANALYSING THE MECHANISUM OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL ELECTIONS,I MAKE AN EXHAUSTIVE INVESTIGATION ON THE DATA POLLED BY EACH OF ELECTION ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.THE NUMBER OF CASES WHICH I GATHERED IS 168INTHETHE "TO", "FU" AND PREFECTURES,76 IN THE LARGE CITIES,36 IN THE CITIES OF PREFECTURAL SEAT,18 IN THE SPECIAL WARDS OF TOKYO METROPOLIS AND 74 IN THE SMALL TOWNS.SECONDLY,WITH REGARDING FOR THE INCREASING TENDENCY OF NONVOTING IN THE RECENT ELECTIONS,I EXAMINED THE VOTING TRENDS OF UNAFFILIATED OR NONPARTISAN VOTERS.THE ANALYSIS OF THEIR BEHAVIORS WILL BE CONDUCIVE,FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION,TO ELECTION STUDIES ON THE FLOATING PHENOMENON OF POLITICAL ATTITUDE AND FLUCTUATION OF VOTING PATTERN.