Politicians or Parties? Assessing Persuasive Effects, and Their Costs, When Presidential Candidates Oppose the Party

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Brief Overview

Presents Survey experimentals showing Americans’ willingness to follow politicians, while strong, is far from “blind,” altering our evaluation of both the effectiveness of American democracy and the influence that political leaders wield.

Author

• Oliver A McClellan, Columbia University