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How opinion variation among in-groups can skew perceptions of ideological polarization. [PDF]

PNAS Nexus
Steiglechner P, Smaldino PE, Merico A.
europepmc   +1 more source

An Ordeal of Peoplehood: Indigenous Australians and the Debates over Sovereignty, Treaty, and Voice

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
The Australian government's 2009 commitment to the 2007 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples did not make Indigenous Australians a “people.” In 2017, in the Uluru Statement from the Heart, Indigenous Australians asserted peoplehood and asked Australians to recognise this via a constitutional amendment that would have created ...
Murray Goot, Tim Rowse
wiley   +1 more source

Polarization over the priority of political problems

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract What drives ideological division about political problems? When prioritizing which problems are most in need of redress, voters might disagree about the severity of individual outcomes that constitute such problems; the prevalence of those problems; or whether such problems are amenable to solution by government action. We field a large survey
Benjamin E. Lauderdale, Jack Blumenau
wiley   +1 more source

Patterns of Party Evaluations [PDF]

, 2011
Aardal, Bernt, Aarts, Kees
core   +2 more sources

Persuasive lobbying and the value of connections

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The inflow of money into politics and the influence of interest groups on policies are well‐documented, but the monetary value of accessing policymakers is less well‐understood. As a result, it is unclear what inferences researchers can draw from lobbying expenditures about interest groups' strategies and their ideological alignment with ...
Emiel Awad, Clement Minaudier
wiley   +1 more source

Polarization and state legislative elections

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract US state legislatures are critical policymaking institutions that are increasingly polarized, yet data and measurement limitations have prevented researchers from understanding how state legislative elections contribute to this polarization. To address this gap, we construct new measures of candidate ideology based on campaign contributions ...
Cassandra Handan‐Nader, Andrew C. W. Myers, Andrew B. Hall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

HSx Homeland Security: Increasing Ideological Polarization

, 2017
Includes a list of related educational materials.
openaire   +1 more source

A cosmopolitan–communitarian cleavage around the world? Evidence from ideological polarization and party–voter linkages

Acta Politica, 2018
Oliver Strijbis, Joschua Helmer, P. de Wilde   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The choice argument for proportional representation

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract What electoral system should a democracy choose? I argue for proportional representation (PR). My main empirical premise is Duverger's law: Under PR there are more viable candidates in district‐level elections than there are under single‐member plurality (SMP) systems.
Adam Lovett
wiley   +1 more source

Argumentation strategies in party competition

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Political parties' rhetorical strategies play a crucial role in shaping public opinion and electoral outcomes. To gain insight into what kind of arguments parties present to the public, and under what conditions, we develop a model of argumentation where parties compete to persuade voters before engaging in platform competition.
Catherine Hafer, Federica Izzo, Dimitri Landa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source