Sanders, David and Burton, Jonathan and Kneeshaw, Jack (2002) Identifying the True Party Identifiers. Party Politics, 8 (2). pp. 193-205. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068802008002003
Sanders, David and Burton, Jonathan and Kneeshaw, Jack (2002) Identifying the True Party Identifiers. Party Politics, 8 (2). pp. 193-205. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068802008002003
Sanders, David and Burton, Jonathan and Kneeshaw, Jack (2002) Identifying the True Party Identifiers. Party Politics, 8 (2). pp. 193-205. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068802008002003
Abstract
<jats:p> The paper reviews the evidence that the measure of party identification (or partisanship) routinely used in social surveys and national election studies is flawed due to the fact that it overestimates the number of party identifiers in any given sample. The results of a 12-month survey experiment are reported to show that an alternative measure of party identification, one that does not prompt respondents with the names of the political parties and allows respondents a clear opportunity to register a `non-identity', substantially reduces the proportion of reported party identifiers. </jats:p>
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | mis-specification; party identification; political preferences; split-sample survey |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Government, Department of Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Social and Economic Research |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 30 Sep 2013 15:04 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 21:47 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/7933 |