The Dynamics of Public Opinion

Mary Layton Atkinson, K. Elizabeth Coggins, James A. Stimson, Frank R. Baumgartner (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

75 Seiten

2021
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-10059-5 (ISBN)

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A central question in political representation is whether government responds to the people. To understand that, we need to know what the government is doing, and what the people think of it. We seek to understand a key question necessary to answer those bigger questions: How does American public opinion move over time? We posit three patterns of change over time in public opinion, depending on the type of issue. Issues on which the two parties regularly disagree provide clear partisan cues to the public. For these party-cue issues we present a slight variation on the thermostatic theory from (Soroka and Wlezien (2010); Wlezien (1995)); our “implied thermostatic model.” A smaller number of issues divide the public along lines unrelated to partisanship, and so partisan control of government provides no relevant clue. Finally, we note a small but important class of issues which capture response to cultural shifts.

1. Introduction; 2. Implied Thermostatic Response; 3. Absolute Opinion Change; 4. Conclusion; Appendix: Comparing the Survey Research Agenda to the Congressional Agenda.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.10.2021
Reihe/Serie	Elements in American Politics
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	286 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-009-10059-9 / 1009100599
ISBN-13	978-1-009-10059-5 / 9781009100595
Zustand	Neuware