Value versus Identity: A Comparison of How Interactions between Citizens’ and Politicians’ Ideology and Party Identity Relate to Citizens’ Support for Politicians

• In Event: JSS 11
  In JSS Session: Partisanship and Ideology

Brief Overview

This paper investigates whether the predictive power of citizens’ ideology and party identity on support for politicians are conditioned by politician’ ideology or party affiliation. The effects of four types of interactions are compared.

Author

• Hui Bai, University of Minnesota Twin Cities