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Illustrated with an analysis that focuses on women's issues; uses data from the 1984 Pilot Study for the National Election Study; based on conference paper.

Data from the 1985 National Election Study Pilot (N = 429 respondents) are used to investigate gender differences & differences among women in political values & basic moral orientations. The findings suggest that: feminists are distinctive in their fundamental values; & feminists account for a large part of the gender gap in specific issue preferences. The implications of such findings for feminist theory are discussed. 5 Tables, 1 Appendix, 59 References. Modified HA

This article outlines a cognitive-affective model of the role of social groups in political thinking. The model is based on the assumptions that people have stored information and emotional reactions to social groups, and that people are purposive in their thinking about social groups in the sense that they are interested in understanding what various groups have obtained and whether it is deserved. The process through which social groups influence political thinking varies significantly depending upon whether an individual identifies with the group in question. Generally, people are more inclined to feel sympathetic towards the groups to which they belong. These ideas are illustrated with an empirical analysis that focuses on women's issues and makes use of data collected in the 1984 National Election Study Pilot Study.

Impact on vote choices; based on three telephone surveys conducted in Lexington, Kentucky, Apr. 1982 to Apr. 1983. Influence of personal economic circumstances and knowledge about national economic conditions.

In recent work dealing with the impact of economic conditions on political behavior, a key point of controversy has concerned the type of information that people use to evaluate economic performance: Do they base their evaluations on personal economic well-being or the state of the nation's economy? In this debate, information about the economic well-being of social reference groups has generally been ignored. Therefore, in this article we explore the role of group economic interests in performance evaluations. Basically, our findings indicate that (1) group economic interests are perceived to overlap relatively little with personal, and especially national, interests; and (2) group economic interests have a significant independent effect on performance evaluations. Possible explanations for such group influence are discussed.

Though typically they have not been the subject of systematic analysis, political cues are often depicted as having a major influence on voters' perceptions of political candidates. In this regard, different interpretations have been offered by those adopting perceptual balance and rational choice perspectives. After reviewing the points of controversy separating these two approaches, a more comprehensive explanation of political cues is offered. In particular, the use of political cues is depicted as involving two key elements: the political cue and the political stereotype with which the cue is associated. The implications of this perspective for voter rationality are then discussed. Finally, some of the key hypotheses are tested, and found to be supported through the use of experimental data.