The Social Divisions of Politics: How Parties' Group-Based Appeals Influence Social Group Differences in Vote Choice.
Social groups often differ in vote choice, but differences vary significantly between elections. Recent work argues that political parties shape group differences by the policies they propose. I posit that differences also depend on how parties use group-based appeals. This proposition is tested wit...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Politics Vol. 83; no. 2; pp. 675 - 689 |
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University of Chicago Press
Apr2021
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