Issue Constraint and Educational Attainment: Re-Examining Converse Today

• In Event: Political Parties and Public Opinion

Brief Overview

Converse's (1964) main takeaway: Americans aren't ideologically constrained. Nearly 60 years later, this finding holds general support among political scientists. Recently, political scholars have begun to challenge this.

Authors

• Charlene J. Stainfield, The Ohio State University

• Thomas J. Wood, Ohio State University-Main Campus