Reflections: The Michigan Four and Their Study of American Voters: A Biography of a Collaboration

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe publication ofThe American Voterin 1960 revolutionized the study of American voting behavior. Its University of Michigan authors, Angus Campbell, Philip E. Converse, Warren E. Miller, and Donald E. Stokes, were to share thousands of citations, but they were four different people, with different backgrounds, different personalities, and different career trajectories afterwards. This paper presents a chronological biography ofThe American Voter, from assembling the research team, through writing the book, to its aftermath, and ending with brief perspectives on each author.