Party ID is Mutable: A Big Data Approach

• In Event: Representation in American Politics

Brief Overview

We use two decades worth of survey evidence and millions of responses to show that party ID is more mutable than thought. While party ID is quite stable, respondents report long term shifts in ID and those shifts correspond to other quantities.

Authors

• Jacob Jaffe, Stanford University

• Douglas Rivers, Stanford University

• David W. Brady, Stanford University

• Morris P. Fiorina, Stanford University