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dc.contributor.advisorFerguson, Grant
dc.contributor.authorBoatwright, Daniel
dc.date2018-05-19
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-06T15:21:26Z
dc.date.available2018-11-06T15:21:26Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/22384
dc.description.abstractWhen do people change their minds on politics? This paper extends research on partisan ambivalence to the 2012 and 2016 U.S. presidential elections, using regression analysis on American National Election Studies data and an additional original survey from April 2017. It controls for various demographic factors to identify the effects of party and election cycle on ambivalence, a willingness to consider alternative viewpoints arising from conflict between long-term identity and short-term reactions. Results demonstrate that the 2016 cycle produced greater ambivalence than 2012, but that the increase was the same for Democrats and Republicans, although Republicans in general exhibit more ambivalence. They also show that ambivalence had declined five months after the 2016 election, which means that the absence of campaign coverage and immediate emotional salience leads to less internal conflict and thus a shift over time back to entrenched political views and away from partisan ambivalence.
dc.subjectpartisan ambivalence
dc.subjectambivalence
dc.subjectmotivated thinking
dc.subjectmotivated reasoning
dc.subjectdecision making
dc.subjectrational choice theory
dc.subjecthot cognition
dc.subjectdual process theory 2016 election
dc.subject2012 election
dc.subjectvoter persuasion
dc.subjectpolitical ambivalence
dc.subjectemotional conflict
dc.subjectHillary Clinton
dc.subjectDonald Trump
dc.subjectpolitical ambivalence
dc.subjectambivalent partisan
dc.subjectdual process
dc.subjectbelief formation
dc.subjectbelief change
dc.titleWho We've Been All Along: Trends in Partisan Ambivalence
etd.degree.departmentPolitical Science
local.collegeAddRan College of Liberal Arts
local.collegeJohn V. Roach Honors College
local.departmentPolitical Science


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