Endogenous preferences and the study of institutions.

Individual preferences are not always fixed, but may change by processes caused by the natural sequence of events such as elections. The comparison between voter preferences on civil rights between 1956 and 1964 and on the Vietnam War issue between 1968 and 1972 formed the basis of a study of changes in preferences. Voter preferences were seen to change and coincide with the changes in the stand taken by major political parties. Therefore, it has been suggested that the voter preferences are endogenous rather than exogenous to the electoral on the issues of civil rights and the process.

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