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Question Wording and Macropartisanship

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  • MacKuen, Michael B.
  • Erikson, Robert S.
  • Stimson, James A.
  • Abramson, Paul R.
  • Ostrom, Charles W.

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MacKuen, Erikson and Stimson used quarterly Gallup poll data to show in this Review in 1989 that changing levels of macropartisanship, the two-party division of partisans, responded to presidential approval ratings and perceptions of the economy and predicted national election results. In a 1991 Review research note Abramson and Ostrom argued that the NES and GSS questions more commonly used by scholars generated macropartisanship measures less sensitive to short term factors and less predictive of election outcomes. In this Controversy, Erikson and Stimson respond to the challenge and present new data from CBS News and New York Times telephone surveys to buttress their earlier analyses, arguing against substantial effects of the different question wordings. Abramson and Ostrom explain their continuing reservations.

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  • MacKuen, Michael B. & Erikson, Robert S. & Stimson, James A. & Abramson, Paul R. & Ostrom, Charles W., 1992. "Question Wording and Macropartisanship," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 86(2), pages 475-486, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:86:y:1992:i:02:p:475-486_08
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    1. Michael Harrison & Michael Marsh, 1998. "A re-examination of an Irish popularity function," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 94(3), pages 367-383, March.
    2. Anna L. Harvey, 2001. "Partisanship As A Social Convention," Rationality and Society, , vol. 13(4), pages 462-504, November.

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