Party Identification, Issue Attitudes, and the Dynamics of Political Debate

被引：81

作者：

Dancey, Logan ^{[1
]}

Goren, Paul ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE | 2010年 / 54卷 / 03期

关键词：

PUBLIC SUPPORT; PARTISAN BIAS; SOURCE CUES; PERCEPTIONS; ELECTORATE; CONFLICT; ERROR;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1540-5907.2010.00454.x

中图分类号：

D0 [政治学、政治理论];

学科分类号：

0302 ; 030201 ;

摘要：

This article investigates whether media coverage of elite debate surrounding an issue moderates the relationship between individual-level partisan identities and issue preferences. We posit that when the news media cover debate among partisan elites on a given issue, citizens update their party identities and issue attitudes. We test this proposition for a quartet of prominent issues debated during the first Clinton term: health care reform, welfare reform, gay rights, and affirmative action. Drawing on data from the Vanderbilt Television News Archives and the 1992-93-94-96 NES panel, we demonstrate that when partisan debate on an important issue receives extensive media coverage, partisanship systematically affects-and is affected by-issue attitudes. When the issue is not being contested, dynamic updating between party ties and issue attitudes ceases.

引用

页码：686 / 699

页数：14

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