Asymmetric Partisan Perceptions of Issue Positions

• In Event: Partisan (Mis)perceptions and Beliefs

Brief Overview

We study how the strength of partisanship impacts voters’ perceptions of parties’ positions and whether differences in information and affect can explain the variation in perceptions of positions between voters of the two parties.

Authors

• Matthew Tarpey, Pittsburg State University

• Jonathan Woon, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus