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100 1 _aENNS, Peter K.
_935224
245 1 0 _aPolicy mood and political sophistication :
_bwhy everybody moves mood
260 _aCambridge, UK :
_bCambridge University Press,
_cJuly 2008
520 3 _aThis article presents evidence that both micro (individual level) and macro (aggregate level) theories of public opinion overstate the importance of political sophistication for opinion change. It is argued that even the least politically sophisticated segment of society receives messages about the economy and uses this information to update attitudes about political issues. To test this hypothesis, the authors have used General Social Survey data to construct a 31-item measure of policy mood, disaggregated by political sophistication, that spans from 1972 to 2004. They found that all the subgroups generally changed opinion at the same time, in the same direction, and to about the same extent. Furthermore, they show that groups at different sophistication levels change opinions for predominantly the same reasons
700 1 _aKELLSTEDT, Paul
_935225
773 0 8 _tBritish journal of political science
_g38, 3, p. 433-454
_dCambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, July 2008
_xISSN 00071234
_w
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