Aufsatz(elektronisch)2009

Policy Polarization among Party Elites and the Significance of Political Awareness in the Mass Public

In: Political research quarterly: PRQ ; official journal of the Western Political Science Association and other associations, Band 62, Heft 3, S. 538-551

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Abstract

This article analyzes opinions about abortion, racial, and social welfare policies, comparing their determinants among citizens with different levels of political information over the past several decades. Hypothesizing that growing elite partisan polarization may have exacerbated the political implications of differences in political awareness, the authors examine how increasing clarity of party -- policy linkages among political elites influences party -- policy linkages in the mass public. The results show that only the well informed responded to the growing elite polarization by becoming more partisan in their opinions. Apparently, in the absence of the motivation to develop coherent opinions, even a simplification of the political environment does not close the gaps between those who are more and less aware about politics. Adapted from the source document.

Sprachen

Englisch

Verlag

Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks CA

ISSN: 1938-274X

DOI

10.1177/1065912908322415

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