Mass Origins of Party Position-Taking on Social Issues

• In Event: State Parties, Public Opinion, and Representation

Brief Overview

We consider the role that public opinion plays in the formulation of a party’s policy program. To answer these questions, we have constructed an original database of over 2,000 state party platforms and we have analyzed historic survey data.

Authors

• Michael Auslen, University of Texas at Austin

• Gerald H. Gamm, University of Rochester

• Justin H. Phillips, Columbia University