First-Image Distortion or Third-Level Realism? Pooling Presidential Approval across the Power-Transition

• In Event: Affective Polarization, Motivated Reasoning, and Public Opinion

Brief Overview

Empirical results reveal four key variables—Job, Foreign Policy, Economy, Healthcare—on Presidential Approval express negative values to suggest American opinion influences correspondent perceptions of US position inherent in the power-transition.

Author

• Eric H Honda, San Joaquin Delta College