The Influence of Partisan Motivated Reasoning on Public Opinion

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 endorsem...

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Published in:	Political behavior Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 235 - 262
Main Authors:	Bolsen, Toby, Druckman, James N., Cook, Fay Lomax
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Boston Springer Science+Business Media LLC 01.06.2014 Springer US Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Attitudes Bipartisanship Citizens Cognition & reasoning Decision Making Democracy Energy Energy policy Experiments Identification Law Motivated reasoning 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 Parties Motivated reasoning Partisan trust Experiment
ISSN:	0190-9320, 1573-6687
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