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The Influence of Partisan Motivated Reasoning on Public Opinion

Political behavior, 2014-06, Vol.36 (2), p.235-262 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer Science+Business Media 2014 ;Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 ;Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 ;ISSN: 0190-9320 ;EISSN: 1573-6687 ;DOI: 10.1007/s11109-013-9238-0 ;CODEN: POBEDD

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Title:
The Influence of Partisan Motivated Reasoning on Public Opinion
Author: Bolsen, Toby ; Druckman, James N. ; Cook, Fay Lomax
Subjects: Bipartisanship ; Citizens ; Cognition & reasoning ; Decision Making ; Democracy ; Energy ; Energy policy ; Experiments ; Identification ; Law ; Motivation ; Motivation research ; Original Paper ; Partisanship ; Political Parties ; Political partisanship ; Political Science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Political Science and International Studies ; Psychology ; Public Opinion ; Public opinion surveys ; Reasoning ; Sociology ; Trust
Is Part Of: Political behavior, 2014-06, Vol.36 (2), p.235-262
Description: Political parties play a vital role in democracies by linking citizens to their representatives. Nonetheless, a longstanding concern is that partisan identification slants decision-making. Citizens may support (oppose) policies that they would otherwise oppose (support) in the absence of an endorsement from a political party—this is due in large part to what is called partisan motivated reasoning where individuals interpret information through the lens of their party commitment. We explore partisan motivated reasoning in a survey experiment focusing on support for an energy law. We identify two politically relevant factors that condition partisan motivated reasoning: (1) an explicit inducement to form an "accurate" opinion, and (2) cross-partisan, but not consensus, bipartisan support for the law. We further provide evidence of how partisan motivated reasoning works psychologically and affects opinion strength. We conclude by discussing the implications of our results for understanding opinion formation and the overall quality of citizens' opinions.
Publisher: Boston: Springer Science+Business Media LLC
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0190-9320
EISSN: 1573-6687
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-013-9238-0
CODEN: POBEDD
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
Alma/SFX Local Collection
ProQuest Central

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The Influence of Partisan Motivated Reasoning on Public Opinion

Springer Science+Business Media 2014 ;Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 ;Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 ;ISSN: 0190-9320 ;EISSN: 1573-6687 ;DOI: 10.1007/s11109-013-9238-0 ;CODEN: POBEDD

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