Losing control: presidential elections and the decline of democracy
In: Popular politics & governance in America Vol. 8
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In: Popular politics & governance in America Vol. 8
In: Journal of information technology & politics: JITP, Volume 5, Issue 1, p. 147-148
ISSN: 1933-169X
In: Journal of information technology & politics: JITP, Volume 5, Issue 1, p. 147-148
ISSN: 1933-1681
In: PS: political science & politics, Volume 33, Issue 2, p. 207-212
In: Political studies, Volume 48, Issue 5, p. 1057
ISSN: 0032-3217
In: PS: political science & politics, Volume 33, Issue 2, p. 207-212
ISSN: 0030-8269, 1049-0965
In: American politics quarterly, Volume 17, Issue 3, p. 227-255
ISSN: 1532-673X
Previous studies of citizens' understanding and use of the concepts or symbols of liberalism and conservatism have found that most people do not have coherent, constrained ideologically liberal or conservative belief systems, but are able to place themselves relatively accurately on a liberal-conservative scale. Furthermore, their feelings of like or dislike toward liberals and/ or conservatives help them to sort out the world of politics. A series of in-depth interviews with 26 randomly chosen people show that there are two different ways that people relate to these concepts, a policy or a stylistic orientation. Education and political interest seem to affect which type of orientation one has, with better educated and more interested citizens developing policy orientations, but either type of orientation can lead to the use of these symbols as evaluative tools. Recognizing the different ways in which people relate to these common political symbols can improve our ability to understand the ways in which the public thinks about politics.
In: American politics quarterly, Volume 17, Issue 3, p. 227
ISSN: 0044-7803
In: The Western political quarterly, Volume 41, Issue 3, p. 583-599
ISSN: 1938-274X
In: Social science quarterly, Volume 69, Issue 2, p. 311
ISSN: 0038-4941
In: Polity, Volume 19, Issue 1, p. 123-135
ISSN: 1744-1684
In: Polity: the journal of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Volume 19, Issue 1, p. 123
ISSN: 0032-3497
In: American political science review, Volume 79, Issue 4, p. 1183-1184
ISSN: 1537-5943
In: American political science review, Volume 79, Issue 3, p. 826-827
ISSN: 1537-5943