Does polarization affect even the inattentive? Assessing the relationship between political sophistication,policy orientations,and elite cues |
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Institution: | 1. Old Dominion University Department of Political Science and Geography 7000 Batten Arts and Letters Norfolk, VA, 23529, USA;2. Kansas State University Department of Political Science 019C Calvin Hall 101 Mid Campus Drive South, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA;1. Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA;2. Copperbelt University, Lusaka, Zambia |
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Abstract: | In this paper we focus on how individuals’ level of political sophistication conditions how they respond to growing elite polarization. The party coalitions in the electorate have become increasingly ideologically sorted. We assess whether all citizens have sorted into the ideologically “correct” partisan camp or whether this phenomenon is limited only to the highly sophisticated. Using a combination of ANES and DW-NOMINATE data we show that individuals of all sophistication levels have become more likely to identify with and vote for the party that best matches their policy orientations as a function of increasing elite-level polarization. Our findings suggest that the effects of increasing polarization are felt throughout the electorate. |
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