If Citizens Only Have a Cue: How Political Parties Enlighten Public Opinion Formation

• In Event: Parties, Ideology, and Attitudes

Brief Overview

With a panel survey and experimental data, we show when citizens follow their party’s policy position “blindly” and when they rely on their party to form enlightened opinions.

Authors

• Rune Slothuus, Aarhus University

• Love Christensen, Aarhus University