Taking aim at decades of received wisdom, the central claim of this book is that high-quality political judgment hinges less on citizens' cognitive ability than on their willingness to temporarily suspend partisan habits and follow the 'evidence' wherever it leads. This occurs m…
From the publisher. Over the past half century, two overarching questions have dominated the study of mass political behavior: How do ordinary citizens form their political judgments, and how good are those judgments from a normative perspective? The authors of The Ambivalent Pa…
Preface -- Partisan ambivalence and the contingent nature of political judgment -- Getting it right, making it easy, and validating our partisan commitments -- Matters of conceptualization, measurement, and antecedents -- Partisan ambivalence and preference formation -- Ambivale…
From the publisher. Over the past half century, two overarching questions have dominated the study of mass political behavior: How do ordinary citizens form their political judgments, and how good are those judgments from a normative perspective? The authors of The Ambivalent Pa…
