Patterns of association voting behavior: I. Demographic correlates of voting/nonvoting and preference for candidates/issues.
A total of 58% of the eligible members voted in the 1974 APA balloting involving 6 officers, 13 amendments to the By-Laws, and a membership-initiated referendum. Analysis revealed that there was no significant relationship between member characteristics and voting/nonvoting behavior and that relatively few members followed specific voting patterns. The data support the view that most members voted carefully and relatively independently of organized influence.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011570:Psychiatry; D012737:Sex Factors; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States