Walter Dean Burnham | |
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| Born | June 15, 1930 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | October 4, 2022 (aged 92) San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University Harvard University |
| Occupation(s) | Political scientist Professor at University of Texas at Austin |
Walter Dean Burnham (June 15, 1930 – October 4, 2022) was an American political scientist who was an expert on elections and voting patterns. He was known for his quantitative analysis of national trends and patterns in voting behavior, the development of the "Party Systems" model, and the assembling of county election returns for the entire country. He was a professor in the political science department at the University of Texas at Austin.