Principles, Politicians, and Partisan Peers: How Party Ownership & Social Influence Constrain Candidates’ Use of Political Values

• In Event: JSS SESSION: Partisanship

Brief Overview

I show that politicians are constrained in political value rhetoric by both partisan and social forces, and that this constraint is highly conditional based on the recipient’s partisanship, politician’s partisanship, social context, and value evoked.

Author

• Elizabeth Chase Connors, University of South Carolina