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{{Short description|Group of voters motivated by a common concern}} | {{Short description|Group of voters motivated by a common concern}} | ||
{{Distinguish|Block voting}}{{For|the formalization of the same concept in [[social choice theory]]|solid coalition}}{{Globalise|article|United States|date=June 2023}} | {{Distinguish|Block voting|text=[[Block voting]], alternatively spelled Bloc Voting}} | ||
A '''voting bloc''' is a group of [[voting|voters]] that are strongly motivated by a specific common concern or group of concerns to the point that such specific concerns tend to dominate their voting patterns, causing them to vote together in [[election]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloc|title = Definition of BLOC| date=2 March 2024 }}</ref> | {{For|the formalization of the same concept in [[social choice theory]]|solid coalition}} | ||
{{Globalise|article|United States|date=June 2023}} | |||
A '''voting bloc''' is a group of [[voting|voters]] that are strongly motivated by a specific common concern or group of concerns to the point that such specific concerns tend to dominate their voting patterns, causing them to vote together in [[election]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloc|title=Definition of BLOC|date=2 March 2024|access-date=24 January 2012|archive-date=11 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011093032/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloc|url-status=live}}</ref> Frequently bloc's come from the same community or have the same interests. Voters in a bloc tend to vote in the same or similar ways. These Bloc's tend to band together to campaign for a common interest or major issue.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cooperman |first=Alicia Dailey |date=August 2024 |title=Bloc Voting for Electoral Accountability |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/bloc-voting-for-electoral-accountability/F38BFCA72DBA1C035668576393BCFF89 |journal=American Political Science Review |language=en |volume=118 |issue=3 |pages=1222–1239 |doi=10.1017/S0003055423000989 |issn=0003-0554|doi-access=free }}</ref> Blocs are used to allow a collection of voter to gain more leverage over elected officials by showing a significant portion of voters care about a major issue, allowing for a display of the ability of voters to maintain votes over specific issues from election to election.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cooperman |first=Alicia Dailey |date=August 2024 |title=Bloc Voting for Electoral Accountability |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/bloc-voting-for-electoral-accountability/F38BFCA72DBA1C035668576393BCFF89 |journal=American Political Science Review |language=en |volume=118 |issue=3 |pages=1222–1239 |doi=10.1017/S0003055423000989 |issn=0003-0554 |doi-access=free |archive-date=2025-06-13 |access-date=2025-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250613041825/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/bloc-voting-for-electoral-accountability/F38BFCA72DBA1C035668576393BCFF89 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
[[Beliefnet]] identifies 12 main religious blocs in [[American politics]], such as the "[[Religious Right in the United States|Religious Right]]", whose concerns are dominated by [[Religion and politics in the United States |religious and sociocultural issues]]; and [[American Jews]], who are identified as a "strong Democratic group" with [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] views on economics and social issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.beliefnet.com/News/Politics/2004/10/The-Twelve-Tribes-Of-American-Politics.aspx|title=The Twelve Tribes of American Politics}}</ref> The result is that each of these groups votes ''[[:wikt:en bloc|en bloc]]'' in elections. Bloc voting in the United States is particularly cohesive [[Orthodox Jewish bloc voting|among Orthodox Jews]].<ref name="m950">{{cite web | last=Cuza | first=Bobby | title=Orthodox Jewish vote could prove critical in governor's race | website=Spectrum News NY1 | date=2022-11-04 | url=https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2022/11/04/orthodox-jewish-vote-could-prove-critical-in-governor-s-race | access-date=2024-07-09}}</ref><ref name="h532">{{cite web | last=Heilman | first=Uriel | title=The Hasidic bloc vote, Bernie and Hillary's Empire State of mind and other NY campaign notes | website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency | date=2016-04-12 | url=https://www.jta.org/2016/04/12/politics/the-hasidic-bloc-vote-bernie-and-hillarys-new-york-state-of-mind-and-other-notes-from-the-ny-primary-campaign | access-date=2024-07-09}}</ref> | == Religious Groups == | ||
[[Beliefnet]] identifies 12 main religious blocs in [[American politics]], such as the "[[Religious Right in the United States|Religious Right]]", whose concerns are dominated by [[Religion and politics in the United States|religious and sociocultural issues]]; and [[American Jews]], who are identified as a "strong Democratic group" with [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] views on economics and social issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.beliefnet.com/News/Politics/2004/10/The-Twelve-Tribes-Of-American-Politics.aspx|title=The Twelve Tribes of American Politics|access-date=2012-01-24|archive-date=2017-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608052417/http://www.beliefnet.com/news/politics/2004/10/the-twelve-tribes-of-american-politics.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> The result is that each of these groups votes ''[[:wikt:en bloc|en bloc]]'' in elections. Bloc voting in the United States is particularly cohesive [[Orthodox Jewish bloc voting|among Orthodox Jews]].<ref name="m950">{{cite web | last=Cuza | first=Bobby | title=Orthodox Jewish vote could prove critical in governor's race | website=Spectrum News NY1 | date=2022-11-04 | url=https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2022/11/04/orthodox-jewish-vote-could-prove-critical-in-governor-s-race | access-date=2024-07-09}}</ref><ref name="h532">{{cite web | last=Heilman | first=Uriel | title=The Hasidic bloc vote, Bernie and Hillary's Empire State of mind and other NY campaign notes | website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency | date=2016-04-12 | url=https://www.jta.org/2016/04/12/politics/the-hasidic-bloc-vote-bernie-and-hillarys-new-york-state-of-mind-and-other-notes-from-the-ny-primary-campaign | access-date=2024-07-09}}</ref> | |||
Voting blocs can be defined by a host of other shared characteristics, including region, age, gender, [[education level]], and even | == Characteristics == | ||
Voting blocs can be defined by a host of other shared characteristics, including region, [[religion]], age, [[gender]], [[education level]], [[Race (human categorization)|race]], and even musical taste.<ref name="j384">{{cite journal | last=Boone | first=Catherine | last2=Wahman | first2=Michael | last3=Kyburz | first3=Stephan | last4=Linke | first4=Andrew | title=Regional cleavages in African politics: Persistent electoral blocs and territorial oppositions | journal=Political Geography | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=99 | year=2022 | issn=0962-6298 | doi=10.1016/j.polgeo.2022.102741 | article-number=102741 | url=http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/116385/3/1_s2.0_S096262982200155X_main.pdf | archive-date=2024-08-06 | access-date=2024-08-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806111037/http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/116385/3/1_s2.0_S096262982200155X_main.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="h484">{{cite web | title=Exit polls show both familiar and new voting blocs sealed Biden's win | website=Brookings | first=William H. | last=Frey | date=2022-03-09 | url=https://www.brookings.edu/articles/2020-exit-polls-show-a-scrambling-of-democrats-and-republicans-traditional-bases/ | access-date=2024-07-10 | archive-date=2024-07-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710021021/https://www.brookings.edu/articles/2020-exit-polls-show-a-scrambling-of-democrats-and-republicans-traditional-bases/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="p080">{{cite web | last=Finn | first=Emily | title=Three presidential candidates court key voter blocs | website=NewsNation | date=2024-05-19 | url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2024-election/biden-trump-rfkjr-key-voter-blocs/ | access-date=2024-07-10 | archive-date=2024-07-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710021021/https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2024-election/biden-trump-rfkjr-key-voter-blocs/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="c428">{{cite web | last=Sherman | first=Carter | title=The voting bloc that could decide the US election: Swifties | website=the Guardian | date=2024-03-13 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/mar/13/taylor-swift-us-election-politics-joe-biden-donald-trump | access-date=2024-07-10}}</ref> Further factors may be defined based on weather the voters reside in an urban or rural area, a phenomenon known as the [[Urban–rural political divide|Urban-rural political divide]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Hannah Hartig, Andrew Daniller, Scott Keeter and Ted Van |date=2023-07-12 |title=2. Voting patterns in the 2022 elections |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/07/12/voting-patterns-in-the-2022-elections/ |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=Pew Research Center |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115105820/https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/07/12/voting-patterns-in-the-2022-elections/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Bloc's are also defined based on what [[generation]] they are from. Such generational Bloc's are typically categorized by how the majority of a generation cares about a major issue.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fry |first=Richard |date=2017-07-31 |title=Gen Zers, Millennials and Gen Xers outvoted Boomers and older generations in 2016 election |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2017/07/31/gen-zers-millennials-and-gen-xers-outvoted-boomers-and-older-generations-in-2016-election/ |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=Pew Research Center |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:21, 8 December 2025
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Script error: No such module "For". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". A voting bloc is a group of voters that are strongly motivated by a specific common concern or group of concerns to the point that such specific concerns tend to dominate their voting patterns, causing them to vote together in elections.[1] Frequently bloc's come from the same community or have the same interests. Voters in a bloc tend to vote in the same or similar ways. These Bloc's tend to band together to campaign for a common interest or major issue.[2] Blocs are used to allow a collection of voter to gain more leverage over elected officials by showing a significant portion of voters care about a major issue, allowing for a display of the ability of voters to maintain votes over specific issues from election to election.[3]
Religious Groups
Beliefnet identifies 12 main religious blocs in American politics, such as the "Religious Right", whose concerns are dominated by religious and sociocultural issues; and American Jews, who are identified as a "strong Democratic group" with liberal views on economics and social issues.[4] The result is that each of these groups votes en bloc in elections. Bloc voting in the United States is particularly cohesive among Orthodox Jews.[5][6]
Characteristics
Voting blocs can be defined by a host of other shared characteristics, including region, religion, age, gender, education level, race, and even musical taste.[7][8][9][10] Further factors may be defined based on weather the voters reside in an urban or rural area, a phenomenon known as the Urban-rural political divide.[11] Bloc's are also defined based on what generation they are from. Such generational Bloc's are typically categorized by how the majority of a generation cares about a major issue.[12]
See also
- Iglesia ni Cristo and Philippine elections
- Political alliance
- Political party
- Votebank
- Latino vote
- Ethnocultural politics in the United States
- Orthodox Jewish bloc voting
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