Measuring Uncertainty about Candidate Ideology: An Application to US Presidential Elections

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

Standard

Measuring Uncertainty about Candidate Ideology : An Application to US Presidential Elections. / Eady, Gregory; Loewen, Peter.

In: Journal of Politics, Vol. 83, No. 2, 2021, p. 794-799.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

Harvard

Eady, G & Loewen, P 2021, 'Measuring Uncertainty about Candidate Ideology: An Application to US Presidential Elections', Journal of Politics, vol. 83, no. 2, pp. 794-799. https://doi.org/10.1086/710147

APA

Eady, G., & Loewen, P. (2021). Measuring Uncertainty about Candidate Ideology: An Application to US Presidential Elections. Journal of Politics, 83(2), 794-799. https://doi.org/10.1086/710147

Vancouver

Eady G, Loewen P. Measuring Uncertainty about Candidate Ideology: An Application to US Presidential Elections. Journal of Politics. 2021;83(2):794-799. https://doi.org/10.1086/710147

Author

Eady, Gregory ; Loewen, Peter. / Measuring Uncertainty about Candidate Ideology : An Application to US Presidential Elections. In: Journal of Politics. 2021 ; Vol. 83, No. 2. pp. 794-799.

Bibtex

@article{fdf018b90477409e8691a57ec36d4385,
title = "Measuring Uncertainty about Candidate Ideology: An Application to US Presidential Elections",
abstract = "The development of methods to measure the ideological positions of legislators and other political actors has become one of the most successful research programs in the study of political behavior. Less effort, however, has been given to approaches for measuring public uncertainty about those positions. In this article, we propose the use of a well-known measurement model to investigate public uncertainty about the ideological locations of political actors. To motivate its use empirically, we examine citizens{\textquoteright} perceptions of the ideology of Donald Trump during the 2016 election campaign. We show that among Republican and Democratic candidates since 1972, and compared to contemporary legislators, citizens have had the most difficulty assessing the ideology of Donald Trump. Our approach is widely applicable to questions concerning public perceptions of politicians{\textquoteright} ideology and the political behavior of citizens and their representatives.",
author = "Gregory Eady and Peter Loewen",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1086/710147",
language = "English",
volume = "83",
pages = "794--799",
journal = "Journal of Politics",
issn = "0022-3816",
publisher = "University of Chicago Press",
number = "2",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Measuring Uncertainty about Candidate Ideology

T2 - An Application to US Presidential Elections

AU - Eady, Gregory

AU - Loewen, Peter

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - The development of methods to measure the ideological positions of legislators and other political actors has become one of the most successful research programs in the study of political behavior. Less effort, however, has been given to approaches for measuring public uncertainty about those positions. In this article, we propose the use of a well-known measurement model to investigate public uncertainty about the ideological locations of political actors. To motivate its use empirically, we examine citizens’ perceptions of the ideology of Donald Trump during the 2016 election campaign. We show that among Republican and Democratic candidates since 1972, and compared to contemporary legislators, citizens have had the most difficulty assessing the ideology of Donald Trump. Our approach is widely applicable to questions concerning public perceptions of politicians’ ideology and the political behavior of citizens and their representatives.

AB - The development of methods to measure the ideological positions of legislators and other political actors has become one of the most successful research programs in the study of political behavior. Less effort, however, has been given to approaches for measuring public uncertainty about those positions. In this article, we propose the use of a well-known measurement model to investigate public uncertainty about the ideological locations of political actors. To motivate its use empirically, we examine citizens’ perceptions of the ideology of Donald Trump during the 2016 election campaign. We show that among Republican and Democratic candidates since 1972, and compared to contemporary legislators, citizens have had the most difficulty assessing the ideology of Donald Trump. Our approach is widely applicable to questions concerning public perceptions of politicians’ ideology and the political behavior of citizens and their representatives.

U2 - 10.1086/710147

DO - 10.1086/710147

M3 - Journal article

VL - 83

SP - 794

EP - 799

JO - Journal of Politics

JF - Journal of Politics

SN - 0022-3816

IS - 2

ER -

ID: 276000176