Beyond the running tally: Partisan bias in political perceptions
Beyond the running tally: Partisan bias in political perceptions
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DOI：
10.1023/a:1021226224601
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发表时间：
2002-06-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Bartels, LM
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作者：
Bartels, LM
我研究了长期的党派忠诚对特定政治人物和事件的看法的影响。在对比的概念，党派作为一个简单的“运行理货”的政治评估，我表明，党的身份是一个无处不在的动态力量塑造公民的看法，和反应，政治世界。我的分析采用面板数据，以隔离党派偏见的影响下，贝叶斯模型的意见变化，我还提出了更直接的证据对比民主党人和共和党人的看法“客观的”政治相关的事件。我的结论是，政治观念中的党派偏见在维持和加强民主党和共和党之间的尖锐意见分歧方面发挥着至关重要的作用。这一结论有力地证实了《美国选民》一书的作者所强调的“持久的党派承诺在塑造对政治目标的态度中的作用”。"
I examine the impact of long-term partisan loyalties on perceptions of specific political figures and events. In contrast to the notion of partisanship as a simple "running tally" of political assessments, I show that party identification is a pervasive dynamic force shaping citizens' perceptions of, and reactions to, the political world. My analysis employs panel data to isolate the impact of partisan bias in the context of a Bayesian model of opinion change; I also present more straightforward evidence of contrasts in Democrats' and Republicans' perceptions of "objective" politically relevant events. I conclude that partisan bias in political perceptions plays a crucial role in perpetuating and reinforcing sharp differences in opinion between Democrats and Republicans. This conclusion handsomely validates the emphasis placed by the authors of The American Voter on "the role of enduring partisan commitments in shaping attitudes toward political objects."